I am not in New Delhi right now… but just got to hear about serial low intensity bomb blasts in the capital. The terrorists seem to have targeted popular market places that we end up going to very often – Connaught Place & Greater Kailash II. With an hour, the toll is supposed to be 15 and climbing. God… these blasts are happening in India with such an astonishing frequency now.
Hope the Delhi based readers of this blog are fine…..
The blogosphere seems to have picked this up already – Google blog search shows 105 entries in the last one hour for “delhi blasts” And New Delhi is amongst the trending terms on Twitter already.
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I don’t usually comment on Bollywood movies but I wonder if you have seen Dhaoka.
http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070901-3.html
The movie seemed to justify terrorism. It portrayed the terrorists as acting out of some personal extreme injustice done to them by the Indian Government.
The female suicide bomber had been raped by Indian Police Officers after they killed her father. The other terrorist in the movie was her brother.
I am certainly not saying that people don’t suffer such extreme personal injustices but I do believe that it doesn’t really reflect the profile of most terrorists.
If the villains who did this bombing are caught I am almost positive that you would not find any extreme unjustice in their background. Sure they would feel some general sense of “unjustice” done to “their people” but as for something personal happening to them or a family member like in Dhoka, you most likely will not find that. That has been the case in Israel with the suicide bombers there. Usually there was no personal injustice done to them except for a more general sense of victimhood. It wasn’t because the bomber was raped or father killed or child was killed, etc, etc.
What bothers me is as long as terrorists are falsely portrayed as victims as they were in this movie, Indians will not have the necessary focus needed to defeat this evil.
In utter contrast, one should see the recent “A Wednesday” – seriously good one.
but do these film making any effect on these villians?? not at all!!…just think about d people..leave the films..
films will have no impact…so leave them behind.!1
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I hope everyone is Ok, even its very sad.
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Its just so sad.5 cosicutive blasts in the heart of India!Really very unfortunate.My relatives are in the capital & I am quite worried .Like me there would be many more.Well mumbai had the same state.These blasts are quite frequent in India nowadays.
SO UNFORTUNATE & SAD!!
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