Saturday, October 29, 2005
Today I had my closest shave with death. Sanjay and I were in Sarojini Nagar Market for more than three hours--shopping for Diwali. We bought stuff for ourselves, gifts for people, had lunch there and left just minutes before an explosion killed twenty people on the spot and injured many more. I don't know what to think.
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VelvetGunther wrote something similar. This is scary. I wish I knew what to say.
कुछ न कहो। मुझे पता लगा तो मैं तुम लोगों के लिए प्रसन्न होना चाहता था किन्तु मुझे यह उन कम सौभाग्यशाली लोगों के प्रति अपराध लगा जो वहॉं थे। क्या कहें।
शुभ दीपावली।
Oh God!
Happy Diwali i guess :S
a friend of mine who lives near pahar ganj was also very close to the blast site. i hope you and your friend are alright.
don't kno0w what else to say.
Peace ...
I sent an e-mail before I read this. I'm so glad you're ok. My heart did jump slightly when I saw it on the news.
I'm glad both of you are ok.
Take care
David
For River,thanksgiving reciprocity,poor haiku though.
Death slid on an arc
Circumventing some orbits..
Time secured some lives.
oooh k, good to knw all is well. I dont really know what else to add, guess i will cut it short.
keep blogging, and godspeed
Oh my....
I hate what they have done... bloody bastids all those who perpetrated it...
glad to know you are allright..
cheers
z
ohhh...good to know you are safe.
That was really close!
u and ur friend were lucky..
live on ;)
falling short of words here..
Peace to you River...
That was really very close. Am so happy for you. Reason enough to enjoy the festive season even more, but then, who knows if this was the last one? When will bombs stop exploding in cities?
I was on my way to Lucknow and will soon blog my experience.
Peaceful thoughts and sympathies from the other side of the world.
i wish i had words to say anything....
horrible, so horrible.
Well thank god, that was a close shave. You must really celebrate this Diwali!
oh, ~river~, I'm so glad you're safe. thank your lucky stars & mourn for those lost ...
I'm still shaken and feeling pretty messed up about the whole experience. I keep remembering a young couple who sat beside us in the crowded little restaurant we ate in and a child I smiled at. There's no way of knowing if they survived.
I do not believe the death toll. The place was so crowded, we were all walking bumper-to-bumper...and that particular fruit juice shop, where the bomb was planted, was in one of the busiest corners in SN.
Thanks for the concern. I guess I will be ok. I wish the same could be said for all those people who lost their friends and family members that day.
nothing to say... so much horror, so little humanity... have been reading the news and thinking of you and others there... glad to know you are ok, sick to death of the death... so much and so many to mourn...
River,
good wishes.
What a pity this miasma finds new forms for such a stale idea. (The rhetoric of violence must be retired; it doesn't persuade.)
I was out of town, only now catching up w/ your news.
stymied for words, like everyone--
best,
d.i.
you must be freaked. good to hear your unharmed.
It must have been a very sobering experience. One always thinks these things happen to other people, not your self, but to actually come so close to a bomb blast like that!
Glad you're OK.
It was horrible, yes. I was nowhere near SN, I was safely ensconced at home. Yet, i still haven't overcome the unsettled feeling.
Hey River Happy DIWALI and a Happy New Year 2062,
cheers
z
Rehana Ali posted a poem evidently reflecting post-Delhi-blast thoughts:
Eid...it's a tradition
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