Flood embankments of Bihar: a scandal of Bihar politics and economy or solution?   New Delhi: during the peak of the flood season in Bihar, when almost half a million people in the state are going through prolonged misery, it should normally be time to contribute to relief efforts and not quibble over policies. And yet what better time to highlight reasons why floods in Bihar, unavoidable as they are, could be made more bearable. At least, as bearable as they were in the pre-British times! The 2008 breach in the Kosi embankment in Nepal traumatized Bihar to the extent that we are now...