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Delhi

I was all ready to post a fun post,but, I heard of the Delhi blasts just now and just cannot get them out of my mind. Most of the places are places where I always used to visit,when in Delhi- Greater Kailash, Connaught Place, Karol Bagh. As usual, the sensationalisation of the 'event' has begun on the news channels. Ministers are being interviewed, mud-slinging between political parties is going on, people are writing 'dialogues' for the interviewers to read out, so as to make the scenes sound like the narrative Amitabh or Naseeruddin Shah give in the beginning of blockbuster movies. (Thank heavens they were able to defuse at least two of the bombs. When I heard the news first, I was wondering if there'd be 16-18 of them lying around, as was the case in Ahmedabad/Bangalore. Only the next day or two will tell!) For God's sake, do you think we are interested in the politics of the blasts,media people? Most of us would like to know how these situations can be '...