Gurcharan Das on Lalu, Railway, and Bihar

Nice article from Gurcharan Das in TOI of 24/09/2006. Here it is "Lalu is our Ronald Reagan" Good insight and analysis except one word that seems bad in taste. It is 'Biharing the railways'. Do we give the minister, Lalu Prasad, credit for this revival? He took over when the railways were tottering financially, and if they had sunk we would have blamed him for 'Biharing the railways'. But considering the eminence of Mr. Das, it is perhaps an aberration. Anyway, Bihar or any other state should never be stereotyped. What does the junta say?