Varanasi: A Testing Tragedy

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I write this as unfortunate events unfold in the historic city of Varanasi. The multiple blasts in Varanasi, at the railway station and the Sankat Mochan temple have rattled the entire nation. At least twenty people have been reduced to statistics in government records and scores have been injured. An entire nation is outraged and is in a state of red alert. It is not clear as to who is responsible for the ghastly act but whosoever it is, doesn't want us to live in peace. Only a filthy entity can carry out such an appalling act and needless to say, the act is condemnable in the strongest of words. It won't be out of place to mention here that in our country, incidents of this nature have started to fall into a pattern now. A blast, media coverage reaching dizzying heights, red alerts, public outrage, politicians cutting across....