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Originally Posted by Lord Brar
I finally got a chance to talk to all my friends and thankfully all are ok. However one of my friends had a really close escape as she was in the same market where the blast took place.
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Good to hear that mate. I was on the outskirts of london when the 7/7 shit happened, remember what it was like not being able to contact friends in central london.
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Originally Posted by Lord Brar
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And worst part, it happened in front of a very popular Hindu temple -- which means communal harmony could be at stake in next few days.
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Have relations between Hindu and Muslim communities been comparatively good in Jaipur? If so, I really hope this doesn't change that.
Here, elements of the media have used situations like this to encourage hatred against Muslims (& previously the Irish), dividing communities and driving more people towards extremist views... on both sides. It's a bit more volatile in your part of the world (thanks - at least in part - to the empire-building malarkey of my ancestors), this could cause a lot of shit if the sheeple don't see the difference between bombs and burkhas.... I hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't own any popular papers on TV channels in Jaipur or India.