Foreign tourists at backpackers' haven Paharganj, which faced a terror attack in 2005, are apprehensive after 13/7

Nicolas Baude wanted to go to Old Delhi and sink his teeth into some luscious mutton korma. But he is scared now.u00a0 This 31-year-old teacher from London who arrived in India yesterday and landed up in Paharganj is among the many backpacking foreign tourists who visit India.


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Paharganj, well-known for its concentration of affordable hotels and restaurants, located bang next to the New Delhi railway station is feeling the repercussions of the series of blasts in Mumbai last Wednesday. "I had decided to visit Jaipur by train in a day or two. But now I don't know how safe the trains are," said Baude.u00a0


Police presence in the area. Pics/Subhash Barolia

Anybody listening?
His concerns are echoed by many who landed recently in Paharganj. Sala is a 25-year-old medical student from France who arrived in India a day back. "The news reports are disturbing. This seems to happen again and again in this country. Doesn't the government do anything?" this one day old tourists questioned. Her friend Noonayar has some questions of her own. "Did the leaders here spend all the resources in becoming a nuclear power? What happened to internal security of its citizens?" she asked.


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