Tales of poverty galore in Bihar

  • 17/12/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

It's a classic case of irony with its dictionary meaning. President APJ Abdul Kalam declared in Johannesburg that India would provide monetary help of Rs 50 crore to some extremely poor African countries but here in the backyard of his own country, there is a state, Bihar, where abject poverty forces woman to sell off her baby and family to take en masse suicide. Perhaps, the monetary grants announced by the President for the extremely poor South African countries are much more needed here in Laluland whose condition is no better than them - more or less like Rawanda.