Bihar railways exam violence: 'We are graduates, we are hungry'
"We are graduates, we are jobless, we are hungry. Don't kick us in our stomachs," a young man in India's eastern state of Bihar told a colleague this week. His anguish followed three days of rioting over jobs spread over a dozen districts in one of India's most backward states. More than 10 million aspirants had signed up for 35,000 jobs with the railways, India's largest employer. Aspirants alleged that the hiring process was non-transparent and riddled with problems... Students allegedly stopped trains and set fire to coaches...
