My Bihar village of a few hundred is just a few miles from Phulwaria in Gopal Ganj, where the populist leader Lalu Prasad Yadav was born. The leader, who charmed everyone with his wit and simplicity, ruled Bihar for almost 15 years starting 1990 -- seven years himself as chief minister, eight years through his homemaker wife, Rabri Devi, as proxy.  Read