Golden Age.

I see a lot of construction workers from Bihar, singly or in families employed in erecting structures , buildings all over Tnagar.I gather from the media that the labour of hundreds of Bihari's was used to construct the new legislative assembly of T.N.

In ancient India Patliputra or Patna on the banks of the perennial river Ganges was the much coveted seats of emperors like Chandragupta Maurya,Ashoka and Gupta's ,whose writ spanned the entire sub continent.

The only golden age of India in historical times was under the enlightened rule of the Gupta dynasty. They held sway over entire Bharat as well as in several far eastern countries!They had ushered in an era of peace and prosperity.Art and literature also reached its zenith during their time!They had thus conquered Bharat and far flung S.east Asian countries physically and culturally.

The prime position that Magadha or Bihar once held in this country has slipped into oblivion .

Tamil nadu is a dry place . Its rivers are not perennial . Yet its skilled and unskilled labourers don't migrate to other states in India to eke a living or for greener pastures . They prefer the U.S,Arab countries , Singapore etc.My dhobhi at Porur took a flight to Malaysia lured by higher wages for pressing clothes!

When I see these ill nourished men selling their labour cheaply and meekly I can't but chide at the unfathomable petulance of the pendulum.