I was backpacking in Himachal Pradesh when I met these young people from Israel. The young travelers who had completed their army and had come to India. The three x army employees were traveling in the northern part of India since months. I returned to Delhi from Himachal in a week and these real travelers continued to explore various passes of Himachal, and then Ladakh, Kashmir, Rishikesh. Yesterday, one of them had left for Israel and I had a great time showing Talia, the capital city which was a contrast to all the country side locations, villages, hills she went through. Talia had messaged me about her Delhi arrival through facebook and we thus panned to meet.
'The people tree' store in Connaught Place. At around 11A.M i get a call from a friend who informs me about a bomb blast outside the Delhi High court. It wasnt a jolt because a same incident happened on 13 july 2011 and so on... but I was somewhere ashamed. I was accompanying a friend who wasnt from India and had to communicate to her about the blast. the Irony is that the moment i got the call we were busy selecting t shirts on 'world peace'. The t shirt we purchased said 'how many times will the cannon balls fly before they are forever banned' yes delhi was unsafe on that very day.
The entire day was consumed visiting Delhi Hatt, Humayuns Tomb, Agrasen ki Baoli, and finally Khan market. I hope my friend has reached back her home safe and fine. The same night Delhi gets a few tremors of an earthquake. 6.6 on the richter scale. but it was actually 4. something. Had it been a 6.6, something like Bhuj would have had happened to Delhi. Several natural deaths. but suddenly i realized the share of natural deaths was being taken over by the blast in the morning. Alas! I fear of the day when bomb attacks will lead to natural deaths.
