Bihar

Just One Experience of India

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June 29th 2008
Bihar is India’s poorest state, and there is no evidence, anywhere yet, that it is participating in the current development of the Indian economy. There are no international advertisements, no signs of globalisation: not a single Nokia or Vodaphone advertisement. I discount the fact that there is a little more asphalt on the roads, more western dress, less evidence of malnutrition, more clean wa ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more