I was bit disheartened to read Mr Kishore's comments. All approaches must be
constructive. Here are a group of people raising issues of concern for a
community which even flinches from owning up the state. We must try and use all
medium, inside or outside, to bring in discussion, debate and introspection.
In solidarity,
Rahul Ramagundam

----- Original Message -----
From: "kishore_singh_delhi@..." <kishore_singh_delhi@...>
Date: Monday, July 25, 2005 0:40 am
Subject: RE: [biharchintan] World Bank Report on Development Strategy for Bihar

> It will be good to see G. Mishra's paper before commenting on WB
> paper...,ushould have sent that first..i suppose....,
> Being Bihari, by birth and uprbignig, my only suggestion will be
> not to be
> unncessarily defensive, as it aqppears in the tone of this
> mail,instead of
> being pro-active....we can not change people's perceptions
> forcibly by
> writing emails sitting in Delhi...does it matter to our efforts to
> what WB
> writes....don't we know the reality enough to make
> interventions......whyshould it be WB to bring out all our IMB
> brand of Intel-inside.... do we
> not want to dance to the tune that they set for us...we have been
> doing for
> deacdes...we must stop or influence them, instead of keep reacting to
> pro-gloablization leader like WB....like an empty arm chair Bihari
> intellectuals...sitting in Delhi and making no real difference to
> the real
> situation there.....except for a tiny initiatives to make no real
> difference.... otherwise, Biharis staying there are brave enough
> to make
> differnce to their lives...they do not need us , unless we do
> something to
> compliment their efforts....instead of reacting to situations that
> no one
> cares for... people do care for in long term what we do...not what
> we talk
> and email.... let us do some more chintan before we keep shooting
> emails to
> fill up our own gaps in action....
> kishore
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: vagish Jha vagishkj@...
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:27:29 +0530
> To: biharchintan@...
> Subject: [biharchintan] World Bank Report on Development Strategy
> for Bihar
>
>
> Friends,
> The World Bank has come up with a paper named "Bihar : Towards a
> Development
> Strategy". An article by Girish Mishra in Jansatta, dated 22 June 2005
> gives
> a critique of the position taken by the world Bank. I am trying to
> send the
> article by Girish Mishra also soon.
> However, I am sending the link to the site and a brief summary as
> given in
> the report. I am trying to put the report on the Bihar Chintan E
> group (
> Yahoo group also since it is a big file).
> Vagish
>
> http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN
> /0,,contentMDK:20556842~pagePK:141137~piPK:217854~theSitePK:295584,00.html
> "The challenge of development in Bihar is enormous due to
> persistent
> poverty, complex social stratification, unsatisfactory
> infrastrucre and
> weak
> governance; these problems are well know but not well understood. The
> people
> of Bihar - civil society, businessmen, government officials,
> farmes, and
> politicians - also struggle against an image problem that is deeply
> damaging
> to Bihar's growth prospects. An effort is needed to change this
> perception,
> and to search for real solutions and strategies to meets Bihar's
> development
> challenge.
> The main mesage of this report is one of hope. There are many
> success
> stories not well known outside Bihar that demonstrate it strong
> potential,
> and could in fact provide lessons for other regions. A boost to
> economic
> growth, improved social indicators, and poverty reduction will
> require a
> multi-dimensional development strategy that builds on Bihar's
> successes and
> draws on the underlying resilience and strengths of its people."
>
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