Lalu, Nitish restricted Karpoori Thakur’s legacy. He was Bihar’s Ambedkar
(Guru Prakash) The year was 1938 in the remote village of Pittaunjhia, now renamed Karpoorigram, in Bihar’s Samastipur district. An elated father went to the local landlord Bacha Singh and announced that his son had passed the matriculation with first division. “Chalo theek hai gor dabao—okay fine, come and massage my legs,” said Bacha Singh. […]