Word: varanasi
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...seek revenge for the purported injustices and atrocities against the country's Muslim minority. In addition to the Ahmedabad and Bangalore blasts, Indian Mujahideen has claimed to have been behind blasts in the northwestern city of Jaipur in May, as well as serial blasts in the northern cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow in November...
...Indian Mujahideen has claimed credit for two previous attacks: blasts in the tourist hub of Jaipur in May, which killed 63 people; and bombings in the northern cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow last November, which killed 16. Their attacks follow a similar pattern: numerous crude bombs timed to go off in sequence in bus stations, temples and markets. The latest attacks used explosives delivered in the most mundane possible ways - on bicycles left casually near a fruit stand, or in a stainless-steel tiffin carrier, the ubiquitous lunchbox of Indian commuters, left under the seat...
...list of grievances against India's Hindu majority and hinted at more attacks to come. The same group had claimed responsibility for blasts that killed 63 people in the northwestern city of Jaipur in May this year, as well as for serial blasts in the northern cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow, in which 13 people were killed in November...
...logical thinking. Reason has replaced God for many Indians of my generation. Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. Our temples are not the god-encrusted shrines of Varanasi, but Western scientific institutions like Caltech and MIT, and magazines like Nature and Scientific American...
...counted high-profile artists, including Frank Sinatra, who let Thrasher title his 1973 comeback LP, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. DIED. Bismillah Khan, 90, ascetic Indian musician whose name became synonymous with the shehnai, the oboe-like instrument he played for audiences worldwide over a seven-decade career; in Varanasi. A Muslim who performed at countless Hindu ceremonies, Khan was seen as a symbol of Indian inter-religious unity and secularism. He played at the young country's first Independence Day celebration in 1948 and received its highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India), in 2001. DIED...