After Jaipur, Pankaj Singh, a senior Rajasthan police officer told the press: “The modus operandi, the way the bombs were manufactured and concealed in bags, is very similar to the way Huji [Bangladesh] operates.” I wonder what exactly made the trademark so easily spotted? Were the bags made out of jute? Sealed with jackfruit juice? Lined with Nilkhet Bangla book pages? Now I hear that bombs of medium intensity planted on bicycles are a HuJI trademark? Really? It’s an original and never before tried idea? The Vietcong were using bicycle bombs against Americans in public spaces as far back as 1965. But oh dear, that’s only history.

A previously unknown Islamic militant group, the Indian Mujahedeen, has actually claimed credit for the Jaipur bombing. But internal enemies are suddenly not so convenient. Questions of internal disenfranchisement and homegrown anger are so inconvenient. Naturally, Indian intel says the ‘evidence’ provided by Indian Mujahedeen is not credible, it has many holes. But apparently the Bangladesh HuJI link is rock solid. The smoking gun points to over there, across the border. Inevitably, tragically, the fallout is underway. Political, legal and social. Arrest, round up, deport. Kick them out.

So hard to get good help these days. Now who will clean little Siddharth’s bottom? I hear the Nepalis are rested and ready.

The writer works on art projects in Dhaka and New York naeem.mohaiemen@gmail.com