Grit and guts

Bihar, they say, is in the news for all the wrong reasons.

Well, if you watch the 24 hour news channels all you've got to watch is the wrong news.

Bihar has never failed to fascinate me by the sheer grit and guts of its people.

Bihar is like its proletarian foodstuff - the litti.

Plain, no-nonsense, packed with punch, and down-to-earth.

Of course, you can dress it up in ghee and serve it with fine chicken curry and on a bed of pudina sauce...

but for all that .. it's still plain solid and sensible... and rustic