Agree with Irishgit and Enkidu, just want to add that --
1. Similar man-made disasters, notably the carnage in 1984 (few thousand Sikhs killed)and the latest major one in Gujarat last year (killing more than 1000 innocents) are still happening in India, which is extremely unfortunate for a country that has a major software-technocratic presence in the world, can place its own satellites in orbit and is trying to establish its secular credentials.
2. Just a minor correction to Enkidu's views, it was the birth of state of Pakistan when the riots happened, for the state of India already existed since time immemorial. Perhaps the intended statement was -- 'independent' India and Pakistan.
