As Simon Jenkins has perceptively noted, terrorism in our world is 10 per cent bang and 90 per cent an echo effect — a mixture of media hysteria and clumsy executive action, prompted by clumsy notions of redress against a wider group, as though they were collectively implicated. Here too, Rajasthan has shown a rare courage and maturity, as the citizens refuse to be divided along communal lines, and cope with the attacks together, as best as they can. Jaipur is a model of indigenous urbanity, a place where the physical layout itself encourages conviviality and civilised sociability. And as the response to the blasts has shown, the grand old city’s unified façade goes deeper than pink stone.