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Kimi Dangor was angry, like most others on Twitter: 'The Home Minister says for the hundredth time that it's a coordinated terror attack,' she tweeted.

'Tell us something we don't already know.' The barbs directed at P Chidambaram were fast and furious.
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Sanjay Jhunjhunwala pointed out that the blasts occurred 'within days of the Home Minister congratulating himself for an uneventful six months.'

One smart Alec added: 'He urges us to remain calm, which makes sense. After all, we get bombed every once in a while.
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Why get excited?' And there was this, from Nimish Dubey: 'Call me old fashioned, but I would feel more reassured if the Minister wasn't reading out his statement!'

Percentage points
It wasn't a particularly good day for Rahul Gandhi either, who stated that 99% of terror attacks had been stopped in India. P V Saket reacted by tweeting, 'Gandhi says it's impossible to fully get rid of terrorism. This is the attitude of a man seen by many as our future PM.' Birabar Nanda was more unforgiving: '99% of Rahul Gandhi is not fit for the job as PM, the remaining 1% will bring him to the high chair thanks to his family.' And Abhishek Bhardwaj had a question: 'Rahul is 41 years old now; is he still a youth icon?'

Birthday boy?
Ajmal Qasab was dragged into the limelight following conflicting rumours of the blasts occurring on his birthday. Ananya Jain said she wished the government 'spent a little on the safety and security of citizens, rather than the safety of Qasab!' Anamika, on the other hand, found him insignificant. In her words, 'Killing one mosquito is not going to eradicate malaria. The sewers must be attended to.'

The last word
Kiran Bedi had a pertinent point: 'Response to terror by Mumbaikars is not resilience, but the only choice! And a choice learnt via repeat incidents.'

Lindsay Pereira is Editor, MiD DAY Online