India, Oct. 12 -- "We were never merely rulers of land. We were custodians of dharma."- Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga

The region of Mithila is suddenly in the news today - people have seen the highest peaks of Himalayas from their rooftops on a clear beautiful day in North Bihar. I remember seeing the Himalayan ranges from the terrace of our house Kanhaiya ji Kothi, located right opposite the Kameshwar Singh Mithila University within the university campus. It was an exciting sight for kids who were living in the Gangetic plains of Prayagraj and had no mountains nearby to boast of. We would visit Darbhanga and our father's & Mother's village in Sarisab Pahi in Madhubani during summer or winter vacations and during occasions like w...