6 Genuine Reasons To Fall In Love With A Bihari

I am a Bihari and believe me, I am damn proud to be one. Though circumstance and my weak heart made me not marry a Bihari, but I can surely list down reasons why a Biharican sweep you off the floor. Imagine a Bihari proposal “Hum ektho baat kehna chahte hain aapse, I lubb you”, that would be quite a different way someone would approach you, right! Nevertheless, just like the unique proposal I bring to you the unique reasons why you could (not must) love a Bihari:

6. Hum Hum Hain, Baki Paani Kam Hain

Your Bihari spouse will never make you feel left out, as they most commonly use ‘hum’ instead of ‘main’. So you can be assured that you are in the thoughts of your better half most of the time.

5. Mishter Bihari Babu

Not generalizing it, but most of the Biharis are brainy people, despite the image that predominates in everyone’s minds that they are illiterate. If not all, most of them consciously or sub-consciously appear for the UPSC exam. So essentially, if you lay your hand on the right Bihari, then your future is more or less secure. And if you somehow don’t end up finding the brainy one, there is the hardworking lot who sweat out to make a position for themselves.

4. Yum Cuisines

No matter how awkward the name Litti Chokha might sound to you, it is a dish that Biharisget pretty emotional about and on the mere mention of it starts a series of stories of how and when this dish is made. Other than this they thoroughly relish sattu, be it in form of food or as a drink. So, basically you would be exposed to an exquisite range of cuisines if you marry a Bihari and I don’t doubt you would like it if not love it.

3. Jiya Ho Bihar Ke Lala

Biharis sing all the time, be it when they are singing (which is obvious) but also while talking. Their accent is so unique that though Biharis earlier used to shy away from sounding Bihari, now it is a ‘Cool’ thing. I must say ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ has made it ‘IN’ to talk in that accent which earlier was looked up with an unusual expression. So, not only will you thoroughly enjoy a unique language but also the accent will make you sing and dance on the ‘O Womaniya’ number with grace.

2. Bhaiya Chhath Hai Aaj

How they love Chhath, is not hidden from the nation. It becomes nationwide news when the festival of Chhath comes. Every Bihari celebrates this day with grandeur and pomp. All trains to Bihar are jam-packed with people rushing to participate in the celebration. You can enjoy a different culture and the grandness of the minutest things.

1. Hum Keh Rahe Hain

They are great orators. Even the lamest of the lame person can willingly or unwillingly participate in a debate and make you puzzled as to how they ended up talking about it. So, don’t worry when it will come to convincing your parents for marrying a Bihari, the task will be easily and smoothly tackled. But before that your Bihari counterpart will need to get a 10/10 from you to move forward.



BY Kirti Sinha

Missed calls to girls to invite action in Bihar

The Bihar police is determined to act tough against habitual offenders who give missed calls to girls.

Should anyone do that, it would be enough to book you under the law as would be, if you are following any girl or woman.

Besides, anybody found to have installed hidden cameras in hotel rooms, bathrooms, trial rooms in shops or any place, which could affect people's right to privacy, would also have to face the music.

SP (weaker section), CID, Harpreet Kaur said this on the conclusion of the two-day workshop on ''women''s empowerment'' organised in the chamber of IG (CID) Arvind Pandey.

All woman station house officers (SHOs) of Bihar were present at the workshop, which was addressed by the IG also.

Pandey said, around 65 workshops have been so far organised in different schools and colleges to tell the girls about the necessary precautions they should take while travelling, using mobile phones or social networking sites or while at public places.

Pandey said girls have also been apprised of the adverse impact of elopement and how one wrong decision could make their life miserable.

"It is a fact that mostly minors come under such influence and so we have been focusing on them to make them aware, as well as strong," he added.

All the SHOs have been asked to visit schools and colleges in their respective areas, while Kaur has been asked to take the lead in making it a campaign in Patna.

Source: HT

Innovative Bihar farmer makes it to South Africa, via Facebook

A Bihar farmer who set a paddy cultivation record has been hired on a five-year contract by the South African government to train farmers there in the innovative System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method for which he will be paid the equivalent of Rs.50,000 (8,800 rand/$826) a month - all thanks to Facebook.

"It is Facebook that helped me to get this rare opportunity to train farmers of South Africa to grow paddy by using the SRI method," Sumant Kumar, a farmer in Darveshpura village in Nalanda district, who had created a World record in 2011 by producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare using the method, told IANS on the phone Tuesday.

Sumant, who has studied till class 12, said that South African officials contacted him through his Facebook page, after which they telephoned him.

"Things materialized following several rounda of discussions and representatives of the South African visited my native village for signing of a formal contract with me (on Aug 19)," he said.

"I am going to South Africa in October to start my new innings abroad. It is first time that I would be visiting a foreign country. I will receive a monthly salary (the equivalent) of Rs 50,000 and five percent of the profit generated by paddy cultivation," he added.

Sumant is the first farmer of Bihar who attracted attention outside the country for his record in paddy cultivation. Munich-based journalist Vetina Vez has said that her documentary will highlight organic farming as well as the SRI method used by Sumant and thousands of farmers in Bihar that uses less water but triples yields.

In 2013, President Parnab Mukherjee presented Sumant the Krishi Karman Award, while the Punjab government has also honoured him.

According to the SI-India website, the method "is a combination of several practices those include changes in nursery management, time of transplanting, water and weed management. Its different way of cultivating rice crop though the fundamental practices remain more or less same like in the conventional method; it just emphasizes altering of certain agronomic practices of the conventional way of rice cultivation".

"Norman Uphoff from Cornell International Institute for Food and Agriculture, Ithaca, ad brought this method to the notice of the outside world in the late 1990s. Today SRI is being adopted in many states in India and the response from farmers has been overwhelming seeing the benefits of the method," the website says.

Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said that successful use of the SRI methof cultivation to boost production has impressed experts within and outside the country.

Initially, the farmers were reluctant to adopt this new technique despite the state government providing free seeds, fertilizers and experts to guide them. But now, more and more farmers are taking to this method.

Source: BT