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Harish Chandola New Delhi
 In the early 1950s, the Kosi was called our river of sorrow, because every rainy season it would overflow its banks and flood the fertile north Bihar plain, destroying its rice crops and creating a specter of famine.

 In the early years of our independence, Mr Nehru used to be very sensitive to his people
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First Published: Aug 09 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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