The blasts rocked the country – yet again! My heart goes out to all those who lost their loved ones to nameless, faceless terrorists. And so the closure would take a long time to come, if it ever does. :-(

In the meantime, the law and order is busy pointing fingers at every possible terrorist outfit. One of the news channels at one point flashed a ticker which was absurd and grimly humorous at the same time. It said that the cops say that the terrorists have caused these blasts to spread panic and fear in the populace. I can’t even say that this is the dumbest statement I have ever come across because they might say something even dumber tomorrow. For heaven’s sake, what other motive they think did the terrorists have? Do they seriously believe that these anti-social elements had a surplus inventory of bombs and the costs were running so high that they decided to just dispose them off as a cost cutting measure? Get real people and if you don’t have anything useful to say then keep quiet or “Shut your trap” as the Americans say (trust the yanks to put it succinctly – they deliver always!).

So we were talking about the possible suspects. Our next door neighbors are always the possibility. What with the nuke deal with the US showing signs of going through, this could be the fallout of “Rumble in Karachi”. They have always insisted on behaving like the poor cousins who cannot bear the good fortunes of their richer relatives. Sometimes I wonder what do they need Kashmir for. It’s not that they are doing a wonderful job of looking after whatever they got after partition. Why bite off more than what you can chew?

Sushama Swaraj went even a step further. She accused the government of masterminding this attack so as to divert peoples’ attention from the vote-buying scandal. I, for one, wouldn’t rule out the possibility of any politician adopting any means possible to safeguard his powers. But I think the people have more than their fair of share of troubles already what with the sky-rocketing inflation and rise in the interest rates. The government doesn’t have to resort to such extreme measures to achieve that.

If we assume Ms Swaraj’s premise that the government can go to such lengths then we can also wonder if the opposition would go to such lengths. One, they failed to bring the government down. And two, we don’t know yet who the real guilty party is in the whole vote-buying drama. All said and done, it’s hilarious to see the party - which reminds one of Babri Masjid an Godhra - take a high moral stand and accuse the government of plotting to murder its own citizens.

When you point a finger at someone Ms Swaraj, don’t forget that the three of them are pointed towards you - always!