Bihar’s tragedy is not that it is poor; it is that it refuses to wake up. A state cannot rise if its voters remain inwardly unaware. The quality of the government is never higher than the quality of the people who elect it. When people vote unconsciously, by habit, caste, or anger, elections become nothing but a ritual. A sleeping mind elects a snoring system. Bihar does not need another ruler; it requires a teacher — one who can awaken the inner voter before the outer vote is cast.
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Originally published in The Pioneer on 25 oct '25.
Every few years, Bihar votes with great enthusiasm. Yet when the noise settles, the same questions return: about jobs, education, and dignity.
Bihar’s tragedy is not that it is poor; it is that it refuses to wake up. A state cannot rise if its voters remain inwardly unaware. The quality of the government is never higher than the quality of the people who elect it. When people vote unconsciously, by habit, caste, or anger, elections become nothing but a ritual. A sleeping mind elects a snoring system.
The realities of Bihar can be seen clearly in the accompanied checklist. Each number in it is not merely a statistic, but a mirror held to our collective state of awareness. The data only gives form to what the mind has long neglected: education, law, livelihood, dignity. These are not separate issues of governance but symptoms of a deeper inner disorder.
