Now Bring Back Bihar if available for free on youtube.

Friends,

We have uploaded the full film ( in DVD quality) on youtube.com.

Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvurBGEf47c

Patna Women's College, BBB touched the chord !!

Screening of Bring Back Bihar at Patna Women's College was truly amazing. We can only say that "The message reached the audience".

Here are some snaps of the screening.

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PWC screening saw the maximum presence of desirable audience till date. It was very well organised screening and best so far. As I had told about the mindset of youth here in patna, PWC is no exception to that, but there are thinkers in it. I could not answer all of them. But I would want to go back to PWC and talk individually with all the girls. Most of the time you will have audience who have either no interest in subject or they are shy enough to question anything. But again I would say that leaders are not born everyday. PWC has a legacy of 50 years or more and the students are proud being this institution. Sister Dorris is not only a mother figure of this institution but a crusader of sort and institution in herself.

The kind of interaction I had with girls was really enlightening for me. I know that we come from various socio-economic class, and there are several constraints on all of us. Only thing which Bihar expects from its youth and especially the students is "a thought process", "a sense of responsibility for this land" and "a sense of ownership" for Bihar. Now the time has come when all our moves, be at professional, educational or personal growth, it needs to be in favour of upliftment and development of Bihar. One students asked me that you too went out to study and work, why didnt I kept myself in Bihar. I want to answer them. Yeah, it is true that I went out of Bihar in 1999, and I was not sensitive that time. how much awakening can we expect from a lad of age 17-18 in bihar and that too 10 years back from now. But now I am back in Bihar, working for it, finally I realised My responsibilities for Bihar and I am doing. There were a few students from communicative english department who raised a dispute that I should be showing this film to non-biharis outside. Now, this is something which really bothered me. I would rather say that anyone saying that is in deep slumber and complacent. I would want them to go around Indian, live outside and see what kind of treatment we biharis get. What do I need to do ? For how long can we bask in the glory of Buddhaa, Asoka, Mahaveer and Guru Gobind Singh. Has anyone of us have followed any of the teachings of Buddhaa or principles of Mahaveer. For how long are we going to boast for maximum no. of IAS/IPS etc. If we are so good, then what's the problem with us. I gave the example of hair gets grey due to abdominal problem. So whats the solution, should we keep coloring our hair or find a cure for abdominal problem. Thus, we need to change things here in Bihar. It starts with small thing like stop littering, spitting, and following traffic rules. So, PWC should be a prime crusader for any developmental change. Bihar needs sacrifice of many. By sacrifice I mean being self less. Lay off your desires to earn extra and move out to pune, bangalore, delhi, gurgaon, mumbai.. If you get a job in desired field in Bihar. Do it and try to bring about changes here. As, the youth of migration has gone beyond control, the damage to the social fabric of Bihar has gone beyond repair. But still we can come together and bring that much needed change. And when you want to change, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. We have to come above caste region and religion for one cause and that is BIHAR.

Screening at LNM, Patna, 22-Oct-2008. Great response from the audience.

LN Mishra Institute of Economic development and social change.

I have to admit that this was the best screenings so far. More than 100 students of LN Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change, participated in the screening and discussed later. Screening started well in time.

There are certain things which many people would not know, LN Mishra is no exception to this. We all know that people in Patna are not use to watching such films and the etiquette which is to be followed during screening of special films and documentaries. Like other screenings in Planetarium and Patna Museum, students at LNM were continuously moving in out of the hall. Some one because of nature's call. Few of them were feeling thirsty. Some were attending calls during the film, in the hall some were going out. I might not sound very flexible, but I really hate anyone doing such things. Thanks to Prof Nakhate, My Film Making professor from University of Pune. But in coming time we will not only create good films but better audience.

More or less, screening went fine. The best part was discussion after the screening. Even before people can think of solution, they have had excuses and assumed permanent-hurdles ready in their minds. I dont say that all of them will become leaders and carriers of change but its high time that people come out of their cocoons they are in, and start thinking about BIHAR. LEADERS are not born everyday. So, everybody can not be leader. We need better followers too.

The very base of LN Mishra Institute is about SOCIAL CHANGE, but the institution itself is so much in the clutches of caste system. The first question which one of the senior staff asked me, when I went for the first time was "क्या आप मैथिली जानते हैं ?" I thought may be the person wants to know about my language generally, but later I discovered that the caste and community feeling in <> is at its best. Can we call it Institutionalization of caste? At-least now the veterans in our state should start orienting and condition the new generation so that they dont cary and propagate the same feeling of caste and language to others. Do they want to make the new generation, caste-mongers like most of them ?

Few question were throw at me by some female students, and its very important for us to listen to the woman first. Because they are the one who will give birth to the leaders. They will one who will up-bring carriers of change. The very question which everyone had in mind and will always have is, they have family to look after, their parents have a lot of expectation. I always think, that, thank god our freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, Netaji, Birsa Munda, Jai Prakash narayan and numerous others never thought of such things. Otherwise we would have never attained freedom from phirangees. As I said that not everyone can be a leader. But on the other hand, Bihari youth in Bihar and outside also is not realising that Bihar is yearning for a big change and it needs a lot of sacrifices. Either you should be ready to dedicate your lives for Bihar and its development or migrate and earn a package job on the cost of your self-esteem and respect.

LNMIEDSS students have that fire in their belly and if they want, they can change things. I have one line of a song for My LN Mishra friends...

"अभी - अभी हुआ यकीं, के आग है तुझमे कोई | "

" खुन गरम रखो, दिमाग शान्त |"

p.s. Special Thanks to Ravi. We need more people like him.

- Nitin.

BBB screening, Don Bosco Auditorium, Patna

A special screening was held at DBA Auditorium , Don Bosco School,Patna.

Don Bosco's screening was an important one. I screened only for class 11th and 12th. Everything was well arranged and on time. I was afraid of the fact that whether students would be able to sit for 100 minutes or not, as these youngsters are not habituated of watching documentary films. But they patiently sat through the film. Screening to people of this age category is very important, because while making the film I had treated it in a way that it will hit the minds of this age category. I could see the faces of a few were frowning with concern and anger at various places in the film. This is the age when we need to shape the minds of the youngsters to draw their attention toward the plight of Bihar. This is the time when their imagination must be ignited, and oriented to have a sense of ownership for Bihar. Within an year all these students will move out like thousands others, will see the glittering life of Delhi, Pune, etc and will start hating their own place, and will also start hiding their identity. For how long can Bihar bear the brunt of her own people. For how long we will keep disowning. We are on a mission to atleast enlighten a few minds through this film. Don Bosco was a good experience, a lot of teachers there asked for the DVD. Coming screenings would be in LN Mishra Institute, AN College, PWC, etc.