This charisma has never helped Bihar - the poorest state in India make any progress.

However the same charisma has turned Indian Railways in to a profit making money minting machine which turned heads of 100s of economists racing to gain the inside information and gain some insight. These same economists have asked the simple question as to 15 years as a Chief Minister and no progress and 1 year as Railway Minister and a massive turn-around, a turn-around such unfathomable, professors from elite B-schools ran to Lalu to learn the tactics of the cowherd-turned-politician.