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SMS: Muslims on the Roads; be careful

At a dinner party tonight someone we know got an SMS saying- Lot of Muslims on the road; be careful. She read it out loud and looked at us. And I was offended. WTF? I replied that they probably have some festival tomorrow that we are unaware of which is why Aayan has an off tomorrow from school.

The people at the party grumbled- yeah we saw all the skull caps hovering around. There were too many of them.

I stared at them. If there were lot of Hindus in saffron robes roaming around would they have been equally uncomfortable and insecure?

On driving back we did see a lot of Muslim men on the road and we saw the Mosques all jazzed up. The security on the road was also tight.

But I was in no way relieved - I felt offended, has trust in the Muslim community sunk so low?

Tonight is Shab-e- Barat.

Posted by Deepti Lamba on August 29, 2007 12:33 AM |

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Hi Poseidon, given that I'm making an effort to see the glass half full: perhaps they were trying to tell you that there were many Muslims on the road and you should take care not to hit them by accident.

Whats your friends' driving like? Heh.

Posted by: Aspi | August 29, 2007 02:46 AM

Trust you to think this way Aspi;)

Posted by: Dee | August 30, 2007 12:09 AM

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