A GEM CALLED JHARKHAND !

"One day, the fields will stay green... and the earth black, sweet and wet...our children will grow tall on that earth... our children's children..." ('Jharkhand - Castle over the graves' - by : Victor Das).

Birsa Munda (1875-1901), whose mission was to politically emancipate  the Mundas (and tribals in general) from the clutches of the British rulers through "Ulgulan" (protest) and who waged a war against the British imperialists with his tribal army and fought to realize his vision of Jharkhand (the land of forests).

Another great visionary was Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata who dreamed of an economic liberation of that forested mineral rich area and thus erected a steel plant in Jamshedpur, where the first stake was driven into the soil of Sakchi (later Tatanagar and subsequently Jamshedpur) on 27 February 1908 . The green city, clean city and steel city of Jamshedpur is a well planned city surrounded by the Dalma hills and criss-crossed by the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai and a vast lake called Dimna.

Jamshedpur in Jharkhand has provided me shelter, food and peace for 32 years. It has bestowed its unconditional  love upon me and I had the opportunity to travel the micro-interiors of the state extensively. I was privileged to have interacted with the rural mass, learn their lifestyles and habits and could photograph them during different occasions.

Presenting a few pictures of the picturesque paradise with this issue/posting of my Blog. The pictures of Birsa Munda and Jamshetji Tata were not shot by me and were procured in order to complete the story. Also  some of the pictures shown here are quite old and thus not of a high quality. Happy viewing...