I was not sure if you saw the papers yet... it will be in the news tomorrow... but there were some slight terror attacks on Bangalore... 1 day before the horrible attacks in Ahmenadad that killed 40 some people. I wanted to let you all know I am safe and there is no reason to worry. There was only one death according to the Indian police (i know CNN is claiming 2 deaths) and about 10 injured, and I have not even heard of the place where most of the bombs were planted. They were attached to bicycles. It was most likely from a student terror group called HUJI... they are very makeshift wildteenage, lower caste group and after the Muslim/Hindu conflict... I think Bangalore was not a main target because everyone here is very peaceful! And if they wanted to hurt people it would have been really easy to target some other places in the city because people are everywhere here. The upper part of India has seen much more violence... Ahmenadad borders Pakistan. Anyway when we heard there was a bomb threat we stayed in doors all day and night and the next day our neighbor said it was fine to go out.
I want you all to know I am taking this very seriously though and our team has come up with precautions for if something of a greater scale were to arise near the IT tech center where we live. Hopefully this was the last of it in Bangalore. Anyway, so far I love india! We have been shopping for furniture and preparing for business which will start very soon! Some friends arrive for a cultural exchange on Thursday so we must prepare for life before they arrive!
Blessings,
Gabe
