Guwahati:
It's been one year since one of the most lethal terror attacks hit Assam, killing 90 people and injuring over a 1000. And the devastation still haunts the victims.
An eerie silence engulfs the abandoned Talukdar residence. The house lost both its owners, Sunanada and Pranita talukdar, on the day of house warming ceremony; they were killed in the October 30 serial blasts in Assam last year.
Their 14-year-old son moved in with grandparents living next door.
"It's just lying vacant, we will never come to a house in which our daughter and son-in-law never got to stay," said Mr Debchowdhury, his grandfather.
The October 30 blast killed more than 90 people and injured over a 1,000.Ganeshguri in Guwahati where the Talukdars lived was the worst affected.
Having passed his board exams, Gunojit Das wanted to pursue higher studies. But that afternoon changed all his plans.
He is now the bread-earner for the family, taking over his father's small fruit vending business.
"I was in the shop but had gone away for just 10 minutes when the blast occurred. I came back and saw my father dead," he said.
But what are the lessons learnt?
"In fact in the last blast situation, one saw that multi agencies had to come and there was no co-ordination. In all such situation it's the state police who have to respond and handle such situations. They are the first responders and they are the final responders," said G M Srivastav, former DGP, Assam.
Grief has no learning curve but coping with life comes as a survival instinct. The bigger tragedy is that even a terror attack of this proportion hasn't made the government any more cautious and lives of people any more safer.
An eerie silence engulfs the abandoned Talukdar residence. The house lost both its owners, Sunanada and Pranita talukdar, on the day of house warming ceremony; they were killed in the October 30 serial blasts in Assam last year.
Their 14-year-old son moved in with grandparents living next door.
"It's just lying vacant, we will never come to a house in which our daughter and son-in-law never got to stay," said Mr Debchowdhury, his grandfather.
The October 30 blast killed more than 90 people and injured over a 1,000.Ganeshguri in Guwahati where the Talukdars lived was the worst affected.
Having passed his board exams, Gunojit Das wanted to pursue higher studies. But that afternoon changed all his plans.
He is now the bread-earner for the family, taking over his father's small fruit vending business.
"I was in the shop but had gone away for just 10 minutes when the blast occurred. I came back and saw my father dead," he said.
But what are the lessons learnt?
"In fact in the last blast situation, one saw that multi agencies had to come and there was no co-ordination. In all such situation it's the state police who have to respond and handle such situations. They are the first responders and they are the final responders," said G M Srivastav, former DGP, Assam.
Grief has no learning curve but coping with life comes as a survival instinct. The bigger tragedy is that even a terror attack of this proportion hasn't made the government any more cautious and lives of people any more safer.
