Pink turns Red

Yesterday evening at 7:15 P.M., Jaipur a.k.a. Pink City was rocked by a series of bomb blasts that left around 100 people dead. This is one more attempt by the terrorists to rip apart the thread of democracy that binds India together.

If we look at the records the following bomb blasts have taken place in the last two years that have been linked to sectarian groups: (Source credit: AFP)
November 23, 2007: At least 13 people were killed from serial blasts outside courts in three cities in Uttar Pradesh.

August 25, 2007: At least 43 people killed and more than 70 others injured as two bombs rock a crowded outdoor auditorium and a popular eatery in Hyderabad.

May 18, 2007: At least 10 killed and more than a dozen injured in blast at 17th century Mecca mosque in Hyderabad.

February 19, 2007: Sixty-eight people killed and dozens more injured after four explosions on board the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express.

September 8, 2006: Thirty-eight people killed and more than 100 injured in three nearly simultaneous blasts, including one in a mosque, in the town of Malegaon in Maharashtra.

July 11, 2006: Seven bomb blasts in a period of 11 minutes on Mumbai's suburban trains. A total of 186 people were killed and more than 800 injured.

April 14, 2006: Fourteen people, including a woman and a girl, injured in two explosions at New Delhi's Jama Masjid, after Friday evening prayers.

March 7, 2006: Twenty-eight killed and 62 injured after three bombs rip through the holy city of Varanasi.

The following patterns are emerging from the bomb blasts that have taken place:

1. The terrorists are now targetting secondary cities (instead of metropolitan cities) in India which boasts a sizable number of tourists/population.
2. They are carrying out blasts on days which are holy to a particular religion (be it Hindus or Moslems).
3. The blasts are occurring generally near a place of worship where a large population congregates.
4. No substantial surveillance is being carried out to track the movement of these black listed terrorist outfits by our intelligence agencies.
5. The usual cliche of "foreign hand" honked out by our government to cover up its own shortcomings.

For all those who have died, let their tormented souls rest in peace.