How did you get to know about the blast?
My brother called from home telling me that there was a blast in Kormangala. He was worried and asked me if it was close to my office. I assured him that I was safe.

What was your first reaction?
I was a bit skeptical, with all the news channel that we have today. I checked the net. There was no news about it. My office has a TV. So I walked to check it out incase there was any news there. I saw that people were standing around it, but they were watching India play Sri Lanka. I was relieved. But as I entered my work area, a colleague confirmed that there was indeed a blast in Bangalore, infact there were three. It was now that I was a bit panicky. I called up my wife and informed here. She thought I was kidding. Then I called back home. Asking them not to worry and that both, my wife and me were safe. I also told them that now the phone lines will be jammed, so not to worry if my cell was not reachable.

Then?
Then we all went to check the news. By the time we reached, there were talks of 5 blasts. People were really worried, frantically calling their family and friends. You know at this point of time, the images of Mumbai serial blast came to mind, next thing was that it was Friday, just after the midday namaz. So, yup, I was scared, we all were. I once again called up my wife, asked her not to leave her office. Stay put. And told her that mobile lines will be jammed and not to panic if my cell was not reachable.

After that, eyes were glued to the tele.

So you were scared?
Yup, at that point of time, yes. I was not sure of the intensity of the blast.

How did office colleagues react?
Well most people I work with are kannadigas. They were in utter disbelief that this was happening in their Bangalore. You see, Bangalore people, like us Goans, are by nature calm, going about their own life. The most that they worry about is traffic.

How did the city react?
Surprisingly, the people of Bangalore didn’t react much after the initial chaos that happened. We were asked to leave office early. On the way back into city, we saw people going about their usual place. There were no traffic jams. If you hadn’t known about the blast then you wouldn’t even notice anything unusual.
By late evening, I thought the city would die down, but no. It was life as usual. The next day I had a booked a ticket for a movie. My wife insisted that I don’t venture out, but she herself had to attend office in the city. So I told her that I would see the situation outside and then decide. I went to the multiplex. There was crowd like usual. There were security checks but other than that it was normal. I saw the movie. It was houseful. Infact all the shows were houseful.

So what do you think about the people who carried out this heinous act?
I think that they are basically a sad bunch of people. A cause for embarrassment to all their near and dear ones. Anyways, they did create chaos for a few hours, but beyond that, nothing! Life goes on! The only thing that they manage to do was probably make a lot of money for the telecom operators, they must have made a killing this last Friday!

Any more thoughts.
Well, to the people who carried out the attacks, Get a life!