"take care the blasts"

(posted a week late. my bad)

just got into delhi this morning. if bombay is the hollywood of india, delhi is the DC. all about politics. election posters everywhere with bad photography of smiling mustaches. every week signal the arrival of another festival, or the end of one. tomorrow is EID, the end of the muslim fasting period, and a day of feasting. i was thinking of going to chandni chowk, an ancient market inhabited by 3 religions living in unison; Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism. a prime example of what India could be if neighbors could stop fighting and blowing each other up. i mentioned my intentions to a co-worker, to which he replied "take care the blasts." he said it almost as if it might rain tomorrow, so please take an umbrella. terrorism is just accepted as a way of life here. there have been over 50 terrorist bombings in india in the past 6 months, the most recent one 4 days ago in delhi. a member of the Indian Mujahadin dropped a briefcase while riding through Mehruali and a 7 year old child picked it up, running after him. hey mister, you dropped your -- CUT TO WHITE. there is no sense to it. no logic. a blinding hatred that is fueled by some skewed perspective and baseless acts of violence. there is a frenetic pace to life which begs a frantic means towards death. i read another article today in which 150 people were killed in a stampede at a temple. turns out someone yelled "bomb!" and people panicked, clawing over each other in every direction. the statistics said more people died this year in trampling than in bomb blasts. i guess thats where terrorists do. spread fear and inflict pain, even without the bomb.