13th September 2008 (My Experience)

It was a normal Saturday; my office colleague has planned for a get together in CP at around 4 PM.

I was planning to go late as I had some work to do. Anurag and Sukant (My friends and colleague) have asked me to let them know whenever I left home for CP. Around 4:30 PM, I left for dwarka metro station, I called Anurag; he was already in metro and was heading towards CP in few minutes.

At around 6 PM, I was in CP; I made a call Anurag to know where they are? He directed me the way to reach TGI Friday, at around 6:10 PM I joined them, 6 of my colleagues were already there and 4 more are on their way. We are looking for a place other than TGI Friday where all of us can accommodate, however as it was a Saturday evening so finding a place in CP is a very big task so we decided to be there only and asked the manager if she could help us with one more table, few minutes later everything was done and we are ready for our night out. After approx 20 minutes, those other people also reached CP, Anurag told them the place, he went outside to guide them, suddenly I heard a shrill sound, we are inside, music is loud, glasses are sound proof still the sound was stentorian, the moment I heard it I was shocked and stunned, I asked myself it should not be a bomb blast may be some marriage cracker and all. Suddenly Anurag came inside, Oh God it was really a bomb blast, he told us that there are two blasts in CP, he called the people outside, and they were fine. We are advised not to go outside as these days blast ensues in series. We started to make call at our home before the network gets jammed. I made a call to my father and informed him about the incident, nobody was aware that something like this has happened in Delhi. Summit, Parthi and Ashish (People who joined us later) were coming via central park, it was a lucky escape for them, they were heading towards the blast point suddenly they received Anurag’s call, Summit located the point and instead of coming from gate, jumped from the fences, Parthi and Ashish followed him, the moment they crossed the fence the blast ensued. They escaped it by only 100 meters. I was still in shock and it was showing on my face. Anurag, Summit everyone was trying to cheer me up but it was not fear it was aggravation, anger which was coming outside. 5 blasts in Delhi I want to ask God and those people why? What they get by killing innocent people?

I called my home once again, my mother picked it up, and I told her what has happened? She wants me to reach home as soon as possible but I told mom that it’s better to be there for 1 and 2 hours.

Geetika, Meenakshi and few more friends called me as they were aware that I am in CP.

Few minutes later we went outside, the Ambulance, Police, Fire brigade, Media everyone was there, few minutes earlier where there is joy, love, happiness now it has changed to blood, bodies and terror.

Few foreigner were there, I saw face of one of them, fear was visible and why not? He was thousands of kilometers away from home, if my family is concerned about me in few kilometers what could be his story?

At around 8 PM we took metro from CP, you hardly see any panic among people, how normal these things has became in everybody’s life? It’s only a topic of discussion. We are proud that even after such incidents life keeps going, we are not afraid of anything but I asked myself is it right? Is showing braveness and forgetting everything is the answer of every question?

I was complaining about our security, what police is doing and what government is doing?

We reached last station of metro, I heard one announcement “Please check your seat’s underneath, any un identifying article, radio, bag anything could be a bomb, please inform security”.

Did anyone one of us has ever checked things around us, do we take any step for our or others security?

Answer is No. and this is the reason why these people succeed in their plans.

We are billions of people, it is very difficult for police to be everywhere but if we take few small steps for our security believe me we are billions of police on road.

In the end I pray peace for every victim’s soul and their relatives. And I wish no one will ever experience such things in LIFE.