And so it happened… On a sultry evening in August with happy families out to watch the laser show in Lumbini park, something which no one in their wildest imaginations would have thought of, a blast right during the middle of the show. What about Kothi, a market to rival all other crowds in the city? A place where people go to shop for everything from saris to books, in a chat shop…another blast.
A year ago when the Bombay blasts happened, I had blogged about it. I doubt if at that point I ever imagined myself to be in the same city as when a blast occurred. I cannot be blase about this. Especially when I know of so many people who escaped by a hair’s breadth. People who had just gone out to enjoy their Saturday evenings.
After so many deaths, so many bombs detected and defused, there is still no clue as to who exactly masterminded it. The media along with the govt seems to be pointing fingers at just about everyone taking the rest of us along for a ride. We have no conclusive evidence of who is responsible for these disasters. Around 4 months ago, a blast took place in the old part of the city, in the oldest mosque in the city, close to Charminar. I really dont understand it. What are the Pakistani’s and the Bangladeshi’s (apparently these are the culprits for all bombings in the country) thinking off if they wanted to destroy a mosque and the people in it?
Will someone in India finally get some facts straight? Will someone find enough evidence and catch the right culprits and even punish them? Or will they finally be let free because they happen to be a movie star or a politician’s son?
Hyderabad is moving back to normal…albeit slowly… I will say it is back to normal when I see the same crowds in Prasadz IMAX that I saw a week before the blasts. People are chugging along with their lives. There are several who were in the park when the blast happened but thankfully escaped who have had to have their ears checked. Several who happened to be in visual vicinity of the blasts. Hyderabadis as a lot have learned to be cautious and be on their toes… I learnt this on my way to Prasadz to watch a movie when the auto driver told me “Memsaab thoda sa bhi gadbad dikhe tho jaldi se nikal jaana. Time accha nahin hain”
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