I don't know how fast this news will travel to the US (or how much the US media will even care to report it) but there has been a series of bombings today in Bangalore. Two people have been reported killed, and a number of others have been injured. My sincerest condolences to all the victims and their families. We have been locked down here at our office, as has a large part of the city, in an effort to keep order and keep everyone safe. It does seem as if the bombings are over, but the precaution is certainly understood.

I just wanted everyone at home to know that I'm OK. Unfortunately this has just been a terrible tragedy here, and it's the deed of coward terrorists who seek to disrupt the Indian people, their government, and their resolve. They think that by setting off these bombs, Hindus will get mad at Muslims and vice versa and that chaos will ensue. The will of the people, of course, is for this to not happen, and they won't let the terrorists succeed in that regard.

I sincerely hope that this will be the last of such events occurring here, and I again want to express that my thoughts go out to all affected. Things like this help put in perspective just how lucky I am and how lucky many of us are.