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Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

I think Mata Vashno Devi temple.

These muslims started destroying temples since 7th century. Some old temples are still standing, they want to complete unfinshed task with full support of Antonio and spineless.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

Some new pictures - yahoo

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

Explosives were hidden in pressure cooker: Patil
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/08patil.htm

QUOTEINTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR Tongue

APER NO.32
VARNASI EXPLOSIONS
B.RAMAN

The three explosions at Varnasi on March 7,2006, which killed 21 persons and injured many more, would be universally categorised as acts of terrorism, whatever be the motive, since the targets were innocent civilians in a Hindu temple and a railway station.

2.The police and other investigating agencies would need time to determine the kind of improvised explosive devices (IED) used, the nature of the explosives and the persons and organisations responsible. Their immediate priority is to prevent a disturbance of law and order not only in Uttar Pradesh, but also in the rest of the country as a sequel to the explosions. It is important to prevent the public from taking the law into their own hands. Unwise actions like the reported call of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for observing a day of protest would only play into the hands of the terrorists by adding to inter-communal tensions and keeping large numbers of the police preoccupied with crowd control duties at a time when they would have to focus on investigation, arrest of those responsible and prevention of more acts of copy-cat terrorism. [Here comes B.Raman's political agenda]

3. The unfortunate tendency---more pronounced in India than elsewhere---- on the part of political parties to exploit acts of terrorism to highlight or promote their own political agenda with an eye on the elections adds to the already formidable difficulties of the Police and other counter-terrorism agencies and provides unintended encouragement to the terrorists. Our response to terrorism should be tactically professional----leaving it to the police and counter-terrorism agencies to deal with it as best as they can--- and strategically political to prevent the flow of new volunteers for acts of terrorism.

4. In our country, unfortunately, the response is political from the moment an act of terrorism takes place----with political parties vying with each other to draw electoral advantage out of it. It is not as if this does not take place in other democracies. It does. But, ours is still a fragile society despite 60 years of independence, a great democracy and a booming economy. Politicisation of terrorism will add to the fragility.

5. While the terrorists have succeeded in killing a large number of civilians, it would seem from the media reports that the temple itself has not suffered any major damage. This fact should be given wide publicity. This is not the first time the terrorists have attacked or tried to attack a place of worship---they did so in September,2003, in Ahmedabad and again in July last year in Ayodhya. They will continue doing so till we are able to root out the activities of jihadi terrorists----the externally-sponsored as well as the indigenous ones.

6. Details available so far do not indicate the involvement of suicide or suicidal terrorists in Varnasi. Their success underlines once again the difficulties faced by the police and other counter-terrorism agencies in protecting soft targets.

7. There are three kinds of soft targets:

* Those that have an economic or psychological value. (Example the targets in Mumbai attacked in March,1993, or those in Coimbatore attacked in February,1998).
* Those that have a religious sensitivity attached to them like the temple in the Hindu holy town of Varnasi.
* Those that do not necessarily have an economic or psychological value or do not have any religious sensitivity attached to them, but are attacked on sensitive occasions. A typical example was the attack on shoppers at New Delhi on October 29,2005, on the eve of the Hindu religious festival of Diwali.

8. There are hundreds of thousands of such targets all over the country and it would be very difficult for the police to provide an equal degree of protection to all of them. An alert, well-briefed and well-disciplined public could immensely facilitate the task of the police, but there are bound to be instances when the terrorists will manage to succeed. 

9. How to deny them success? A strategy of active defence---- where the police goes after the terrorists and suspected terrorists--- and neutralises their clandestine cells before they are able to plan and mount a terrorist strike is the only way of doing so. Our police and security agencies are already doing this with a large measure of success as seen from the number of cells of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) detected and neutralised in Delhi and other parts of the country. But, their success is yet to make a decisive impact on the morale, motivation and determination of the terrorists---whether of the jihadi or the ideological (Maoists) type.

10. Counter-terrorism poses special difficulties against jihadi terrorism for various reasons:

* The terrorists' operating principle---the more you thwart, the more we try; the more you kill, the more we come.
* External sponsorship.Till now, the external sponsorship was largely confined to the intelligence agencies of Pakistan and Bangladesh with most of the terrorists being Sunnis. With a virulently religious diehard now being the President of Iran, external sponsorship by the intelligence agencies of Iran for Shia terrorism is only a question of time if it has not already started.
* India has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.India, Pakistan and Bangladesh constitute about 10 per cent of Asia's land mass, but about 50 per cent of Asia's Muslims live in this 10 per cent land mass. How to be effective against the jihadi terrorists without creating pockets of anger in the community? That is a dilemma facing our counter-terrorism agencies and policy-makers.

11. The time has come to review our strategy---professional and political--- to deal with jihadi terrorism and its external sponsors---Pakistan, Bangladesh and now possibly Iran--- identify weak points and take action to remove them. (8-3-06) 

(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-Mail: itschen36@gmail.com )

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

By B.Raman always put blame on Pakistani now Bangladesh and Iran etc, these types of attacks are not possible without Indian Muslim involvement. Indian Muslims are more attached to Pan-Islamic agenda then India ness.
They should start identifying Indian Muslims.

What happened to SIMI etc?
Don't you think suddenly UPA don't see any problem with SIMI.

Why Raman is not thinking it could be SIMI's handiwork? Why not to blame UPA or Mullah Yadav ?

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

QUOTEBJP seeks to channelise 'Hindu anger' 
Pineer News Service / New Delhi
Advani, Rajnath to lead yatras, Parliament resounds to Har, Har Mahadev ----- At a time the Congress and its UPA allies are vying with each other to woo the Muslim vote bank at the cost of endangering national security, the blasts at Varanasi have given the BJP a focal point to mobilise popular resentment against the Government's politics of minority appeasement.

In an obvious attempt to channelise the Hindu anger, party veteran and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Wednesday announced that he and BJP chief Rajnath Singh would undertake twin 'national integration yatras' across the nation.

Launching a scathing attack on the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and the "minorityism" being pursued by the Congress-led Government, Mr Advani said he and Mr Singh would embark on the yatras to warn the people against this brand of politics.

"Between us, we will try to cover the country in two-three weeks time. The logistics including when to start and where to start is being worked out," Mr Advani told reporters.

While Mr Advani was unfolding his plans to galvanise the BJP's core support base, party MPs raised the slogans of "Har Har Mahadev" in Parliament, protesting the terror attack in Varanasi. There were unmistakable signals that the saffron party was finally coming out of a phase it would best like to leave behind.

Asked whether the yatras were being taken out with an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections in five States, Mr Advani was candid enough to admit that the BJP wanted to increase its support base.

"We are a political party. We cannot disregard the polls in the five States. Both Rajnath Singh and myself have to address several election rallies. But the yatra would also pass through areas which are not relevant to the polls," he said.

The BJP will not celebrate Holi this year to empathise with the innocent victims of the terrorist mayhem and a group of senior party leaders, including him, would visit the Sankat Mochan temple on March 16, Mr Advani added.

The BJP leader maintained, "India is what it is because it is Hindu." He pointed out that despite the country being partitioned on communal lines and Pakistan declaring itself an Islamic state India has remained democratic and secular because it is pre-dominantly Hindu.

He said he had raised the issue of cross-border terrorism with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during his visit to Pakistan last year and US President George W Bush during his recent visit to India.

"The impression all over the world that terrorism has abated ever since India and Pakistan commenced a dialogue is not correct. I told both the leaders that we in India would not feel assured till the terrorist infrastructure across the border is not fully dismantled, till the assistance of weapons, communication and finances does not stop. It has not happened so far. There should be no let up in our effort to see that the terrorist infrastructure in that country is dismantled," he said.

Mr Advani warned that the Congress-led Government was playing a dangerous game. "In the present global context, any political party which promotes minorityism for the sake of vote bank is dangerously contributing to religious fundamentalism and thereby causing a grave threat to national unity and security," he said.

He underscored that the BJP had come to occupy a central place in Indian politics because of its "uncompromising stand on minorityism which has been by and large endorsed by the people."

"We had given the country terms like pseudo-secularism and from a strength of two in Parliament, we emerged as the principal ruling party for six years," the Leader of Opposition said.

"Minorityism as a political gambit can have dangerous consequences and it sometimes becomes anti-national," he said.

He cited the reservations in Andhra Pradesh and Aligarh Muslims University, the backdoor revival of the IMDT that was struck down by the Supreme Court, creation of a separate Ministry for Minorities and Muslim headcount in the armed forces as "minorityism" perpetrated by the UPA Government.

The former deputy prime minister also said the proposed yatras were against the "disruption of national unity and putting national security in jeopardy".

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

QUOTEDuring two similar strikes last year, one of which claimed seven lives at Dasashwamedh Ghat, the people of Varanasai had dismissed them as accidents and moved on unfazed. But not this time round.

No wonder Varanasi's residents, especially the Hindus, responded overwhelmingly to the bandh called given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the BJP to protest the Tuesday's terror attacks, including the bombing of a shrine that lies at the core of their faith - the Sankat Mochan temple.

Shops and business establishments remained completely closed in the entire temple town. People could be seen huddled in groups and the one emotion that underlined their feelings was anger. Sensing the undercurrent of shock and rage, shopkeepers in areas like Sonarpura and Madanpura, which are Muslim-dominated, preferred to down shutters.

In a show of collective defiance, thousands of people congregated at Sankat Mochan Temple at 3 pm on Wednesday, a time when the shrine on other days is closed for darshan. Men and women of all age streamed into the temple to pay obeisance to the presiding deity, Bajrang Bali.

Later, they offered a silent prayer for the departed souls of those who died in Tuesday's bombing by spending a few moments at the spot where the blast occurred.

Many of them vociferously criticised Islamist fundamentalists and denounced Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav for being their "messiah". The swarming crews of television news channels provided them with the opportunity to vent their pent-up anger. As cameras focussed on them, they lustily raised anti-Mulayam Singh Yadav and anti-Islamist slogans.

Meanwhile, at Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station, crowds gathered outside the waiting hall where a bomb had killed more than 12 people on Tuesday evening, as a team of Intelligence Bureau experts from Delhi searched for forensic evidence inside.
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As evening descended and dusk settled in, people converged at Dasashwamedh Ghat for the ritual evening aarti. The floating diyas on the lapping waters of Ganga reflected their pain, their agony, their anger - and their faith.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-08-2006

QUOTEMilitancy mushrooms in Bangla colonies 
Pioneer.com
Neeraj Chauhan / New Delhi
Two gunned down in Holambi Kalan------ The gunning down of Ghulam Yazdani, chief of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba's Bangladesh unit, by a team of the Special Cell of Delhi Police in the North-West district clearly warns about the dangerous fallout of allowing unhindered mushrooming of colonies of illegal migrants from the neighbouring country.

The encounter took place in the early hours of Wednesday in Holambi Kalan, a few kilometres away from the unauthorised colony largely inhabited by Bangladeshis.

Given his antecedents of involvement in attacks on holy places and crowded public areas, Yazdani's role in the attack on the Sankat Mochan Temple in Varanasi cannot be ruled out, said a police official.

Also gunned down in the encounter was Kajol, a Bangla militant cadre of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami who had accompanied the Lashkar's Bangla chief. Both of them were shot dead in a field close to the colony, where about 40,000 Bangladeshis reside.

In the past few months, Delhi Police has arrested quite a few Bangladeshi terrorists from different parts of the Capital while others have been killed. Most of these had links in the illegal Bangladeshi colonies in the North-West district or trans-Yamuna area.

Following the attacks in Varanasi, security has been beefed up in the markets, hotels and guesthouses are being checked and a tenant verification drive is also on.

Yazdani and Kajol were coming from Moradabad in a stolen car. A petrol pump slip bearing the time of 1 am on Wednesday was found in the Maruti 800 (UP-21-3851) as also a toll tax slip of Hapur.

Their entry into the Capital from Uttar Pradesh late in the night in a stolen car following the blasts at Varanasi made the police suspicious. This was especially so after their involvement in the Shramjeevi blasts near Varanasi last year became known. A huge cache of explosives has been recovered from their possession as also an AK-56 rifle with two magazines.

That the intelligence agencies were interested in the duo became clear by the dossier on them clearly showing their involvement in attacks on places of worship or crowded public areas. "Their role in the blasts on Shramjeevi Express in 2005 is established. They had also organized several attacks in Bangladesh including the attack on British High Commissioner Anwar Chaudhary at Shah Jalal Mazar in 2004. Kajol was named for the serial bomb blasts in Bangladesh," said Joint Commissioner Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh.

Yazdani, a resident of Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh had procured explosive materials from Hyderabad recently. The Special Cell arrested two people-- Shamil and Dhahin -- last week from New Delhi railway station. They are suspected to have carried out blasts in the City Task Force office in Hyderabad last year. Yazdani had gone for training to Pakistan with 22 others from Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

Police claim the two were in contact with banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operative Azam Ghouri. Investigating agencies are probing the role of SIMI in the Varanasi blasts. The outfit was also believed to have provided local logistical support to Lashkar during the attack on Ayodhya last year.


I told you, look for Indian Muslim, B.Raman is wrong. This is SIMI gift to India.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

Kaushik Kapisthalam wrote this before the Varanasi blasts. How predictable have pakis become ?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20060308-084720-8496r.htm

QUOTEChina is likely to show its displeasure by supplying new delivery systems such as submarine launched missiles for Pakistan to "test." Pakistan may seek to demonstrate its relevance to India in the form of an attack on India's population or technology centers by jihadist proxies.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

We can't say these attacks are just a Pakistani or Bangla displeasure but it is aPan-Islamic attack.
They get support from citizens of Indian subcontinent. Ideology comes from Deoband School of Islamic thought including JHUI and JUI (Pakistan).
We should understand even Kashmir is part of Pan-Islamic agenda.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

QUOTEBJP seeks to channelise 'Hindu anger' 
Pineer News Service / New Delhi
Advani, Rajnath to lead yatras, Parliament resounds to Har, Har Mahadev ----- At a time the Congress and its UPA allies are vying with each other to woo the Muslim vote bank at the cost of endangering national security, the blasts at Varanasi have given the BJP a focal point to mobilise popular resentment against the Government's politics of minority appeasement.



Like vultures to a dead body, BJP is right on top of the varanasi blasts to take advantage of the deaths. This is the sorry state of hindus in india. I talked to some of my friends in india. They are definitely outraged by the blast, but are now concerned that BJP would communalise the issue by trying to take political advantage.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

but its good what bjp is doing.

if such acts of terror cant galvanise hindus, then nothing will.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

QUOTELike vultures to a dead body, BJP is right on top of the varanasi blasts to take advantage of the deaths. This is the sorry state of hindus in india. I talked to some of my friends in india. They are definitely outraged by the blast, but are now concerned that BJP would communalise the issue by trying to take political advantage. 
Well, if your friends can sit silently and enjoy minority appeasement than they should worry about BJP. Who is communalizing issue depends on individual?
It is other way round, UPA had created such an environment that majority population feel insecure. In place of securing lives and property Congress led UPA is rewarding terrorist supporters and terrorist organisation. Who is taking communal advantage?

Why your friends are not worried about pan-Islamic show last week? That is my major concern and it should concern every Indian. Tell your friends get ready for another partition and start looking for a country where they can hide or start digging holes.

I think your friends need to come out of p-sec glass house to check weather.

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QUOTE(Mudy @ Mar 8 2006, 03:30 PM)<div class='quotetop'>QUOTELike vultures to a dead body, BJP is right on top of the varanasi blasts to take advantage of the deaths. This is the sorry state of hindus in india. I talked to some of my friends in india. They are definitely outraged by the blast, but are now concerned that BJP would communalise the issue by trying to take political advantage. 
Well, if your friends can sit silently and enjoy minority appeasement than they should worry about BJP. Who is communalizing issue depends on individual?
It is other way round, UPA had created such an environment that majority population feel insecure. In place of securing lives and property Congress led UPA is rewarding terrorist supporters and terrorist organisation. Who is taking communal advantage?

Why your friends are not worried about pan-Islamic show last week? That is my major concern and it should concern every Indian. Tell your friends get ready for another partition and start looking for a country where they can hide or start digging holes.

I think your friends need to come out of p-sec glass house to check weather.
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Ok, let us rejoice that BJP has taken up this issue with the same fervour that they showed for Ram Janmabhoomi, for POTA, for Kanchi arrest, for UCC, for Kashmiri pandits and every other issue that is of importance to hindus. What do u think is going to happen? BJP even drops the pretence of fighting for hindu rights anymore, they are talking of channelising the the hindu anger. Wonder in which election they want hindus to channelise this anger?

true, the reaction of my friends is disgusting, but without an alternate outlet, they believe what the commie media tell them. what effort has BJP, which has been in power before, taken to change hindus perception that they only seek political mileage out of issues. What credibility does BJP have to expect hindus to think that BJP "would do something" more contructive than shout "har har mahadev" in parliament?

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

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LSrini,
Show your friends these pictures, They must have missed these picture during Kargil war or number of terrorist attack on Hindus or Hindu place of worship before any Hindu festival.

These people are showing strength on Pan-Islamic issue not on Indian or any Indian political Issue.

At this moment you should remove your Congress eye glasses and see facts. Only one party BJP is telling people danger ahead, if still your friend make excuse that they are victim of media, who can help them.

So you agree or happy with 60 years of Congress blunder or mess but hanging BJP not to clear mess created by Congress for 50+ years in 5 years.
Give me a break!!!

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

Pioneer.com
QUOTEThe report also said that keeping in view the similarities between the Delhi and Varanasi blasts, Uttar Pradesh Police would seek the help of Delhi. Terrorists had used ammonium nitrate and RDX in the timer fitted devices for triggering blasts in Paharganj and Sarojini Nagar markets before Diwali by placing the IEDs in crowded places. In Varanasi too, the same mixture of RDX and ammonium nitrate was used to explode the IEDs.

The investigations by STF and the intelligence agencies appear to be on the right track as they have succeeded in identifying those behind the Tuesday blasts in Varanasi, sources added.

STF teams are also looking for five terrorists who were believed to be involved in the Delhi blasts but were never arrested. LeT Commander for Kashmir Operations Abu Alcama was named as one of the key accused of the October 29, 2005 Delhi blasts. As were Sajjad Sulfi and Abu Mansoor, both Pakistani nationals who are yet to be arrested. Investigating agencies are trying to ascertain their movements and that of their cohorts who are said to be holed up in Uttar Pradesh.

Investigating agencies have also picked up three suspects who are believed to have planted the explosives in Varanasi. Simultaneous raids were being conducted across eastern Uttar Pradesh to nab certain key operatives of the banned Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI) whose names have cropped up during the investigations.

Cadres of SIMI were suspected to be behind the Shramjeevi train blast as also the Delhi serial blasts. It is a well-documented fact that SIMI activists were trained in preparing lethal IEDs by Pak-sponsored terrorist organisations like Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and Lashkar-e-Tayyebe (LeT). Investigators have reasons to believe that SIMI cadres were involved in providing logistics to the module that planted bombs in the premises of Sankat Mochan mandir and Varanasi railway station. 
So this item links Delhi and Varanasi blast to Indian Muslim aka SIMI.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

QUOTEFrozen timers spared lives 
Bishwadeep Ghosh/ Varanasi
Tuesday's bombings in Varanasi would have turned into a carnage had three explosive devices strategically planted by the terrorists not failed to go off. These were defused after the serial blasts shook the temple town.

The bombs that failed to go off were packed in carry bags and left in a manner so as not to rouse suspicion. Fortunately, an alert policeman noticed one of the bags that had been left near Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Dasashwamedh Road. Another bag containing a bomb was found in a restaurant, while a third was found on Dasashwamedh Ghat.

Thousands of people throng Kashi Vishwanath Temple every evening, and the lanes and bylanes surrounding the shrine are crammed with devotees. Similarly, huge crowds gather at Dasashwamedh Ghat for the evening aarti. If the bombs had gone off, there would have beena bloodbath.

Investigations have revealed that the explosive material was placed inside used pressure cookers and timers were attached to them. The device was then packed in a bag. These were left in crowded areas.

Fortunately, the timer of the device found at Dasashwamedh Ghat got stuck at 6.05 pm. The timers of the other two devices were also stuck. Obviously, the devices had been timed for staggered explosions, but something went wrong, freezing the timers.

Sleuths of Varanasi Police, the elite Special Task Force (STF) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) are busy combing the sites of the bomb explosions - Sankat Mochan Temple and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station for clues. A team of forensic experts confirmed late Wednesday evening that Ammonium Nitrate, and not RDX, had been used as the explosive material in the bombs.

But till Wednesday evening, the agencies had virtually nothing to cling on to except a video tape shot during a marriage ceremony at Sankat Mochan Temple. Senior Superintendent of Police Navneit Sikera said the investigators have managed to lay their hands on the videotape of the marriage that was being shot when the first explosion took place. Mr Sikera said the tape contains frames of some people moving suspiciously around the marriage venue minutes before the blast.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

QUOTEPandering to jihadis
Apropos the report, âTerror ravages city of faithâ (March 8), Samajwadi Party leader Shahid Siddiqui appearing on a television news channel immediately after the serial blasts in Varanasi on March 7, tried to give a new spin to the ghastly act. He linked it to the growing Indo-US friendship following US President George Bushâs visit, which, according to him, might have provoked international terrorist reprisal. When another participant in the discussion challenged Mr Siddiqui, he backed off, saying he was not justifying the horrendous attack but only mentioning a new possible international angle. One could suspect an implicit advice that the Indian Government should review its close relationship with the US. The violent demonstrations in Lucknow, as the media coverage clearly showed, were triggered by sectarian and anti-national considerations. Mr Siddiqui expressed no concern about the rise of fanaticism and fundamentalism in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country. Mouthing meaningless rhetoric laced with superficial secularism cannot conceal the bitter reality that jihadi terrorism has arrived in India. And it is being fuelled by self-seeking vote-bank politicians and pseudo-secularists. A series of minority appeasement measures taken by the Congress Governments at the Centre and the States in total disregard of the judicial verdicts, provide the sinister ammunition. Your reports, âJihadi hub in Varanasi, police ignorantâ, and âDussehra to Holi, UP slides into communal turmoilâ (March 8), from Lucknow are a serious indictment of the lackadaisical approach of the authorities.
Pioneer.com

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

QUOTE(LSrini @ Mar 8 2006, 11:56 AM)Like vultures to a dead body, BJP is right on top of the varanasi blasts to take advantage of the deaths.Â Â This is the sorry state of hindus in india.Â I talked to some of my friends in india.Â They are definitely outraged by the blast, but are now concerned that BJP would communalise the issue by trying to take political advantage.
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I have been critical of BJP many times in the past but the above line of criticism bothers me. What the heck does "communalise the issue" mean ? Brother the issue is already communal - if you havent noticed already, a hindu temple was attacked. If symbolism has any place in a terrorist thought process, this entire attack was "communal" from the start. We can pretend it isnt, but not for long. We can even pretend that by not bothering about the bloodshed (no matter how gory it gets) we might actually "win" something because reacting to such insane acts is "what the terrorists want". But for how long ?

Mudy

Those photos are unbelievable. There is another way to look at this. So much bloodshed and not even 1/10th the size of that crowd can be assembled - shows the apathetic lot of hindus. Whats more you will even find hindus who say "this is actually our strength" or something.

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

World condemns Varanasi blasts - rediff

Blasts In Hindu Temples in India - Guest - 03-09-2006

Police release sketches of suspects behind Varanasi attacks -HT