Talk:BIMARU states

message: Though BIMARU consists of 4 states, this article seems to be written only to allege that BIMARU isn't suited for Bihar since it has received less funding and is considered pejorative by some. An encyclopedic entry should have only deal with definitions, facts and figures and individual opinions and biases should be kept at bay. 
Even though it is alleged that Bihar has received lower funds, fact is that Bihar hasn't even utilized the funds that were allocated to it. Please read . This article needs to be completely rewritten in an unbiased way.  Tsachin (talk • contribs) 20:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: the article is nothing but a jumbled up piece of work. Needs total rewrite. --Onef9day (talk) 05:36, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

text: I call for removal of this article. I tried fixing refs, finding refs, but highly debatable content (which is more like a coffee table discussion) is poorly supported. Nshuks7 (talk) 09:13, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV/Unencyclopaedic 

message: A pejorative like Bimaru cannot but give the background of the term just like terms like Apartheid are given with the circumstance in which they were created. Bimaru means sickly and that has to be explained in the article.
Calling the article speculative is highly irregular and even demeaning.
Bimaru states in general and Bihar in particular have recd the lowest per capita grant is a statistical fact. Data is published by the Planning Commission of India. Reference are quoted by way of economist Mohan Guruswamy papers. Looks like those have been ignored. 
How is abundance of natural resources related to the fact of lowest per capita allocation? In any case, natural resources of Bihar went to enrich the other states of India thru discriminatory policies like freight equalisation. 
Kerala was the state with the highest population density till the 70s is a census fact as given by the census of India. There is some truth in the fact that Kerala is not completely inhospitable though it gets excess of rains and has a mountainous terrain. This line may be modified to end at "population density" and delete "in spite of ............"
The citation of the highly acclaimed Pratham is given in the article in support of the recent strides by the so called Bimaru states. Why is that ignored?
Example of disproportionate grants to the richer states is given by the skewed allocation to Punjab for food subsidy. It is quoted with references.
Data regarding the comparatively better economic status of UP and Bihar is available from the economic survey done around Independence of India - one of the reasons why economist why lower allocation for these states was recommended so as to allow the poorer states to come up. The same is not available on the net, but books will be quoted for the same.
:The article IS speculative, flows more like banter and is hardly an acknowledged topic as such. Besides blogs and coffee table discussions, I have never heard of the term. Show credible sources which repeatedly use the term and the article just might stay. Nshuks7 (talk) 09:15, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And by the way, the article itself is demeaning, the term itself is demeaning. A strong deletion candidate. Nshuks7 (talk) 09:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reply to Deepak D Souza comment

message: If a pejorative like BIMARU can be included in wikipedia (the term can only be compared with terms like Niggers or Negroes), it is important that the context of the term is also explained. 
After adding the data to substantiate the context, the clean up remark has been removed. 
The NPOV may be removed after sometime giving chance to others to comment on the article.
TV 19:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up remarks removed

message: Remark by 122.167.92.150 that Karnataka is not half of Bihar is appropriate if taken as size, but in population, it Karnataka is indeed half of Bihar. TErm "size" replaced with "population"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.107.210 (talk) 19:51, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undo by 122.167.92.150 revoked 

message: The word BIMARU has turned into a derogatory term and is often used in insulting sense. It's better to study these states through their individual pages.
After reading the article I realized that the editors have done justice to the page and I take back my previous statement that the article should be deleted.
202.144.93.138 (talk) 11:39, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The page should NOT be deleted 

message: The section heading "People who wish to denigrate the Hindi speaking states of India talk of them by using the epithet BIMARU states and highlight the following characteristics:" is perfect, isn't it? BIMARU is a derogatory term as well, which was earlier not reflected in the article at all. Please don't take it personally.. 
122.169.83.195 (talk) 16:55, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BIMARU as a derogatory term 

message: The word BIMARU has turned into a derogatory n defaming term.Article shoukd be removed.sections in bimaru are already prenst in individual sections so i am requesting it to be deleted.Alokprasad (talk) 16:02, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  BIMARU Page should be removed 

message: BIMARU to BIMAROU have been made due to inclusion of Orissa.
*Bermuda vs Bangladesh strategy
* Management  Development Program
* Reaching the excluded 
*The Demographic Deficit
--Swaminworld (talk) 21:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While the coinage may have been adapted, the more commonly used term is still BIMARU. Per WP:COMMONNAME, I have therefore reverted the move. If you think it should be moved, please start a move discussion. —SpacemanSpiff 21:21, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  BIMARU to BIMAROU 

message: I found some good articles which can throw some more light on Bihar 
*New miracle economies:S A Aiyar
*Why Should Bihar Remain Backward?
--Swaminworld (talk) 18:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  May be of some interest 

message: I think we need to rewrite this article. Please help --Onef9day (talk) 13:16, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rework plz help 

message: I have updated summary section of this article.BIMARU is outdated term and no longer used for these states. moreover, it is defaming term, so, remaining sections of this article can be removed. just keep the summary section.
few references :
*Don't call them BIMARU
-- MartianGuru (talk) 16:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  updated 

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