Once again Bihar leads the way

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The US elections are over and the electorate has spoken loud and clear. This article is from before the elections. And, I had been wanting to comment on it.

A few years back Dhilip D'Souza on rediff.com wrote an article stating we should not lament Bihar's current state of affairs - Bihar which was the light of the civilization, the cradle to the first university system, he argued, still leads the way. Today it is where criminalization of politics first began and now it is all over India...

There was a time when I felt that democracy in countries like India should aspire to move towards what happens in the US. But, I am getting the feeling that democracies in countries like the US will move towards the Indian style of democracy - invoke god, amplify the differences and win