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Introducing Bihar & Jharkhand
After a controversial vote in the Indian Parliament in August 2000, Bihar was split along tribal lines, creating the new southern state of Jharkhand. Home to numerous waterfalls and lush forests, Jharkhand is notable as the key Jain pilgrimage site in east India, though the state’s best-kept secret is Betla National Park, where you can ride atop an elephant into the forest’s depths in search of an elusive tiger.
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Unfortunately, the twin states of Bihar and Jharkhand are one of India’s poorest and most troubled regions. Wracked by widespread government corruption, sporadic intercaste warfare, kidnappings, extortion, banditry and Naxalite violence, Bihar remains the least literate and most lawless part of India – maligned as a basket case and the antithesis of the economically prosperous ‘new India’. All this keeps it well off most travellers’ radars, but don’t be put off. This is India, barely diluted by tourism and all the more intriguing for it.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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