More discussions on the blasts...

An interesting piece by Amit Varma on the Guardian blogs . A good read in general except that he comes across like he is blaming only the BJP and the Shiv Sena for the present situation. I am not sure that was the intention though. Part of the problem is also policies and pronouncements which serve to accentuate the differences between people. I think the "secular" parties who are only interested in the minority vote are equally culpable.

Another point, While there can be no justification whatsoever for the likes of Narendra Modi, it is important that we do not turn a blind eye to divisive acts and pronouncements by others. Bigotry needs to be frowned upon regardless of the faith of the bigot. Gaurav Sabnis makes a similar point in his comments to Amit's article, some of which you can read on his blog