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Bomb Blasts and Coffee Bite

 
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Yet another bomb blast. This time it is the famous German Bakery in Koregaon Park in Pune. Thronged by lots of foreigners and many self proclaimed happening people from posh areas around. An uncanny resemblance to a Goan shack and a not-so-Indian ambiance ensured that it was always packed. But well, enough about the goodness about the place, that is unquestionable nevertheless.

I am here to talk about the bomb blasts that have become a norm for creating and spreading terror in India. If we notice, the level of comfort that we have attained before we raise our eyebrows to crime is alarming. Murders, rapes, forgery, road rage - all pass without much noise (unless it effects you directly) and a small mention in a newspaper or may be not. 

So what does it take to move India?

A Telgi with a multimillion scam, a Nithari homicide or bomb blasts that kill many people (even better if foreigners and especially Jews are amongst the dead).

Bomb blasts have an uncanny resemblance with Coffee Bite toffee for me. It is an argument that continues. Coffee or Toffee for the candy and big & sensational or just a time pass for the blasts. 

Here is how events followed that made news in the past few days. I will leave you with that to make your own conclusions and think through all the clutter.


Rahul Gandhi goes to Mumbai. Hell, even travels on a local - God knows to prove what!
Many news channels reported Sena threats to his visit
Not much happened otherwise
SRK said something about IPL and Pakistani players
Sena was reported to go berserk by the news channels. Issued fatwa against his movie
Stone pelting, TRP and lots of drama. Movie becomes a box office hit too
Sena losing control and democracy in Mumbai is waking up report news channels
Sena reportedly tries to save face by saying SRK apologized for his comments on Twitter. Nice
One day passes and a blast at German Bakery happens

Snippets of news:

Constantly reeling footage. Same Omni ambulance coming again and again. Same two guys been taken on stretchers. Same politicians speaking some bullshit for/against/I don't know terrorists, government, Muslims, Jews, a hotel nearby which was used by Headley (Whoa, what a find!), Osho Ashram, blasts, comparisons with 26/11 blasts, Home Ministry, Forensics squad from Delhi, possible ante by Sena in response to these blasts, inadequacies of Pune Police force - some even claiming that they were with Mumbai Police with all their attention to protect cinemas showing SRK's movie (really?), possible hand of ISI, sad that it happened just a day before Valentine's Day and now we are really sad that we can't celebrate V-Day properly, latest updates which are being repeated for the the nth time, speculations of whether it was a gas cylinder blast from bakery itself /LPG blast from an installed setup in an autorickshaw/ bomb blast/ bomb blast from an unidentified bag...
And the argument continues...
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