patna the founder of art of living aol sri sri ravishankar arrived here on monday on his first visit to the land of mahavira and buddha during his fourday hectic schedule he will address politicians and students besides holding a satsang at the gandhi maidan here sri sri ravishankar who hardly stays for such a long time at one place is paying special attention to bihar say his followers he will hold satsangs in the interiors of patna the bihar government has declared him a state guest aol is dedicated to serving society by strengthening the individual its members do so by offering programmes that eliminate stress create a sense of belonging restore human values and encourage people from all backgrounds religions and cultural traditions to come together in celebration and service despite his busy schedule the softspoken sri sri ravishankar found some time to talk to pranava k chaudhary on monday evening excerpts from the interview q what is your general impression about bihara yahaan ke log sabhi apne log hain hum aapke hain aap hamare hain i am yours you are mine how to remove casteism and violence from bihara long pause the process of change is on we have conducted some courses for hardcore extremists from bihar by inviting some of them to rishikesh how did you manage itactually they were not aware of the fact that aol had conducted programmes exclusively for them last year otherwise they would not have attended it unlogon ko dhokhe se laaya gaya thaa kabhi kabhi dhokhe se achchha kaam ho jata hai they had been brought by deceiving them sometimes deceiving people serves a good purpose how many have benefited from the courseat least 150 such people have been given training we have tried to change their mind in a very positive manner two dozen ranvir sena activists were also given such training i will not elaborate on this count we have tried to keep it secret from the media because of some strategic reasons dont you feel that there is a need for imparting such training to politicians and bureaucratswe have also started giving training to politicians it is a good sign that a large number of politicians as well as bureaucrats are taking interest i call upon them to choose a village and serve it nobody can suppress you related stories sri sri ravishankar stresses karmayoga seer mesmerises beur model jail inmates more about the guru