Lots of people have been asking me about the Bombay bomb blasts yesterday, so I thought I’d let everyone know: Bangalore is over 1000 km from Mumbai! I’m fine; your concern should be for the Mumbaikars.
A friend forwarded me a link to today’s Globe and Mail coverage, and it looks like it got more attention at home than it did here. I found out from my brother by IM about half an hour after it happened, and there was a detailed article on Wikipedia within an hour, but it wasn’t on the Times of India website until later in the night. In the paper this morning, the front page was about 3/4 about the explosions, plus a total of perhaps two pages inside, and an editorial. That was it.
Here in Bangalore, even people who used to live in Mumbai didn’t seem too concerned. Bomb and grenade attacks are a pretty frequent occurrence (though more in the north); only the scale of this one is bigger.
I didn’t notice any changes in Bangalore today, but I don’t live too far from the office. I asked my driver if he’d noticed anything different, and about the only change he saw was an increased police and military presence at the airport.
I initially thought to e-mail you if you were alright, but after checking google maps I realized the distance between the two locations. (that and you blogged about the bombing, a good sign you’re alive
I blog, therefore I am!