Patna, Nov. 2 -- Hullo, everyone,
Yes, I know, Bihar is crazy. But if you have to see it absolutely, irreconcilably, irretrievably, irrevocably mad, this is the season for it -- Chhath.Whether rich or poor, young or doddering, a queen like Rabri Devi or a shanty-dweller, Hindu or Muslim, everyone goes crazy. Every alley is swept, every road decorated, special rules are followed by the Patna Municipal Corporation to see that every nook, cranny and corner are clean and lighted etc, etc, etc ...Trucks are hired, cars borrowed, space on the banks of the Ganga looted, masculine help from wherever it can be found garnered, thieves postpone all activity, rapists defer theirs, recalcitrant sons turn overnight into obedient ones and husbands who ha...