The book, 'Rebooting Bihar - If Not Now Then When?' has two parts: Part 1 is titled 'Chitt' (the obverse of a coin also called heads), and Part 2 is titled 'Patt' (the reverse side of a coin also called tails). Further, each of the parts has 3 chapters.
Part 1 starts with the backdrop, followed by the journey of Bihar from the age of Ramayana, covering various dynasties and rulers but purely from the economic perspective. I have covered the backdrop of Bihar as an ancient region, the financial journey, and the drift that took its journey into a free-fall mode or southward direction. Many rare examples have been shared which most of the readers will be reading for the first time.
Part 2 talks about the treatment meted out to the Biharis due to their financial status and the image built by Bollywood and the English press maybe due to the Biharis' naive conduct of trying to believe that the rest of India is just an extension of their villages. It then touches on two key chapters where I have tried to discuss approaches to solutions. One is a 'short-term' approach, something that is needed quick and dirty, within say 7 years of the time period. The last chapter discusses the plot or the 'long-term' solution to reboot Bihar's governance model in order to bring economic prosperity. This is tied to vision 2030, a decade-long program for making structural changes to achieve financial freedom for some 6-8 crore poor Biharis and moving them up to the middle-class category.
For more story please read the book.
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Sharad Mohan (Author)
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