Resurgence

Time to Bell the CAT Authorspeak: This is an unintentionally long post (and a badly written one). However, every incident written over here is true without any attempt for ‘overt’ dramatization. The blame for this post’s failure to create impact should lie squarely on my shoulders and to some extent on my limited writing capabilities. The battle pitch has been prepared. They have already sent the invites to the ‘warriors’ who would fight it out amongst themselves to emerge victorious, to become champions. The rules have been redefined this year and the organizers have also decided to change the mode of combat. Thus, though brains and wits would remain the greatest assets of those warriors, they would engage in a virtual battlefield. Life was much simpler when I decided to become a warrior and fought for my ‘pride’. Some of my friends who were preparing for this battle for months had to only make me realize that this battle will be fought in the beautiful city of Chandigarh (Though I m...

I AM BIHAR I found the lines posted below on a blog: http://coolbihari.blogspot.com/ and took the liberty of copying it and pasting it without the permission of its owner. I do not think he would mind though. And while this may appear to be a kind of ‘rhetoric’ from the native of a state which still lags behind on all the ladders of development, I do not think there is anything wrong in taking inspiration from the past to correct your present and future. I believe as of now, Bihar is in a transition phase where the inertia of the past few decades is trying its best to stall the thrust of the development. Thus you would hear every now and then how some student associations tried to ruffle up the college administration when the administration started to bring order into the system or how there is a spurt in crime once again when the police is tightening noose on criminals or how the encroachers are protesting the demolition of their illegal facilities. This seems to be a final an...