The serial bombings at Delhi on October 29, 2005, weredescribed by one commentator as an ‘attack on the spirit of the nation’.Three days before the Hindu ‘festival of lights’, Diwali, daystraditionally reserved for shopping for the celebrations, terrorists plantedthree bombs in crowded public places – the Sarojini Nagar Market, thePaharganj Market, and a public transport bus in Govindpuri – killing at least59 persons and seriously injuring over 155.