I always believed that Pune is the best city in India to dwell. It has the perfect climate, the people here are soft spoken and polite. There are many good places close to the city where you can go and enjoy over an weekend. Also, it has good education facilities and is known as the 'Oxford of the East'. Pune is also known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra. The city is also important from the armed forces point of view with the Southern Command of military and an Air Force base located in Pune.
I also believed that the city was the safest in India but, the bomb blast of 13th February at German Bakery that claimed 11 lives and injured over 50 people, has changed my perception about the city being the safest. Pune will never be the same again. I never thought that something like this could happen in Pune.
A couple of days after the incident, when I was in office, I heard a loud noise, the first thought came to my mind was 'Ooh No!! Not another blast?', for a second, everyone in the office was in shock, but a split second later we realized that it was a just firecracker. Before the German bakery incident, such a thought had never crossed my mind.
The fear that this incident has infused in the minds of people will stay for a very long time. We have to overcome this fear and send a message to the people who did such a terrible thing that they cannot make us live in fear and terror. The decision taken by the owners of the German Bakery to reconstruct it the way it was, is a good example.
My deepest sympathy goes to the families who lost their loved ones in the incident.
Long live the spirits of the victims...
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