Delhi bombing

Five bombs have just gone off here in Delhi, apparently killing 18 people and injuring 80. I actually arrived back in Delhi today. I am currently holed up in my hotel room - not because of the bombs, I've only just heard about them - but because there's been football on and it's the first I've seen since arriving in India. Two that failed to go off were apparently in Connaught Place, a shopping area not 200 yards from where I'm staying - I've walked through there earlier today. I guess I'll go out tomorrow and try and get reaction, maybe try and sell a story to newspapers back home, can't help thinking I've missed the boat. I did pop out briefly and headed towards Connaught Place to get some dinner, must have been about an hour after it all happened. Nothing seemed out of place, people were milling about chatting, I guess it would have been hard for me to pick up on because of the language barrier, but there was no great excitement or police activity where I was. Sorry, not very informative.
On an overnight train last night I was talking to this Indian who asked me about the outside world's view of his country. We talked about a lot of stuff and he brought terrorism up, I said that it was hardly associated with India compared to Pakistan for example, but he said it was definitely there under the surface. He also pointed out (I didn't realise) that India has the world's largest Muslim population, greater than Pakistan. The Indian government seems to be blaming Muslim extremists.
I think Indians are very pragmatic, very conscious about how they are viewed by the outside world. It is also very parochial so its rows are often between different areas or one area and the government. There are, I think, 22 recognised languages, so people from the north can't understand those from the south, east can't understand west, etc. Ironically, the one language most speak except for the poorer classes is English, which is apparently pretty much their national language. I think all these things have prevented it from developing major terror issues - although according to the Beeb there have been 400 deaths from bombings since October 2005 - on the other hand I've only been here three weeks and could well be talking out of my ...