Assam Afire

"Assam Afire" screams the headlines of a local paper. October
30 will go down in the annals of Assam's history as Black
Thursday. 12 bombs exploded across the state out of which 3
were in our city. We are no strangers to explosions but this
was the worst ever!

So many deaths and the toll going up now in hospitals and in
nursing homes. Heart-rending stories of victims and family
members, looking for missing relatives, many charred beyond
recognition.

With incidences of mob violence, one area was under curfew
for a few hours the past two days.There's an uneasy calm
right now. Schools remain closed and most people remain con-
fined to the safety of their homes. And as the days pass and
life limps back to normal, we can only hope for safe times and
pray for those innocent lives lost for someone else's selfish
cause.