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A Telling Title
by san man on Jul 26, 2008 05:52 AM

Some countries' news outlets will have titles like "A Look at Recent Sports Victories", or "A Look at This Summer's Top Films", or "Recent Pop Music Hits"

Indian news have titles like "A Look at Some of the Recent Blasts" (to differentiate them from the not-so-recent blasts, or the older blasts, or the inevitable future blasts)

Let's face it, blasts are now part of the culture of the country. The inevitable shock of the blasts and the carnage of innocents. The inevitable claims of a conspiracy by "communal forces" to stir up tension. The inevitable statements by the Left-wing leaders that "we will not bow to terrorism". The inevitable media coverage about how minorities feel apprehensive about reaction to such blasts (never mind the feelings of those who are the victims and targets of the blasts). The inevitable offers of financial compensation to the victims (at the taxpayer's expense), instead of actually finding the culprits. The inevitable denials that there need to be stronger POTA/TADA laws. Then the inevitable sinking back into complacency. Until the next blast shakes people up.

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