Terrorists are such great curators. It's not only about exploding a bomb. From the terrorists' perspective, it is about exploding a bomb at the right place at the right time in the right way. They prepare for it for months, or probably years together.
The purpose of the whole act is also to construct a meaning in space through multiple references that they draw from previous events in history, through the creation of a situation. It is very situationist in that sense!
Imagine thinking about a date (number 13) matching earlier blast dates, co-inciding with Kasab's birthday again in the period of July...also the same time...There will be more alignments which news channels will eventually bring out!
This planning is highly curatorial. If any of these alignments with history was missed, the reading of yesterday's event would fade. I am sure, all this is not incidental. In this reading, terrorists may be seen as highly creative and artistic people. Their execution is clean - all the time, every time. If they were architecture students, they would always get an A+!
Bomb attacks in Mumbai happen like earthquakes in Japan or The Berlin Biennale. It's weird that I am writing about the bombs in Bombay for the third time on my blog since I started it in 2006! I did not want to curse the system this time. Probably we should be tired of it.
We must make friends with the terrorists and tell them the right places to bomb - those may lie in Delhi. Probably what we can learn from the terrorists is their dedication to execute a job right till the end successfully.
To end, Belated Happy Birthday Kasab. Hope you liked the celebrations. Although you did not make many people happy. Instead of people wishing for your life, they are only wishing for your death.
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