India, Oct. 31 -- The Oxford dictionary added the word meme in 2016. It is defined as "an image, a video, a piece of text, etc. that is passed very quickly from one internet user to another, often with slight changes that make it humorous". Almost a decade later, newsrooms across the world are doing everything they can to get one right on a daily basis. That's the tyranny of the digital age for the news-business.

As we cover the Bihar polls, the state is turning out to be a meme factory. Never mind if it is still struggling to get real factories. Sometimes it is the man/woman on the street. The only wealth most Biharis have is with words. Sometimes it is a senior leader of a political party. But the most viral ones are those which come f...