The Independent - London, November 29th, 1994
For some Indians, a journey into Bihar state in nothern India is like travelling back to the Dark Ages, to a time of lawlessness and chaos. But others see Bihar as a nightmare just beginning to unfold, one in which the hierarchy of caste, which has cemented Indian Hindu society together for thousands of years, is crumbling and being replaced by an anarchy that could spread throughout the country.
"There's a reign of terror in Bihar," said Saibal Gupta, a sociologist in Patna, the capital of Bihar. "Castes are fighting castes. The state has withered away, and the things that one counts on from...
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