His was a lonely struggle, because Bihar was also India's most corrupt state, where public officials were enriching themselves, [rather] than serving the poor who had no means to express their anguish if their children had no food or no schooling.
Njegova borba bila je usamljena, jer je Bihar bio najkorumpiranija država Indije, gdje su javni službenici obogaćivali sebe, (umjesto) da služe siromašnima koji nisu imali načina kojim bi izrazili svoju muku ako im djeca nisu imala hrane ili obrazovanja.