Priti Talkies

There’s almost a pattern to it. Every time we get too cushy about the peace in our lives and that of our neighbours, we are rudely awakened to the reality of terror. Terror that is basically aimed at derailing the peace talks between India and Pakistan but ends up shattering the lives of hapless victims of such tragedies. This is exactly what happened on the fateful night of February 18th when two powerful bombs ripped through the boggies of the Samjhauta Express. The tragedy left 68 people, including women and children dead (charred beyond recognition) and several grievously injured, all this two days before the arrival of the Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri who is in India on a three-day official visit to take the peace talks "hopefully" to the next level. The perpetrators of the crime couldn’t have picked a better timing and an even better target, the “Peace Train” that runs between Delhi and Attari before proceeding to Lahore in Pakistan. Till las