This is not entirely surprising given the manner we have chosen to define and respond to conflicts. In courts of law, which are the primary conflict resolution mechanism, hardly are victims given the chance to lament, search for badly needed answers, and embark on the journey to healing. Psychologists have advised us that being able to retell a story is a sure indicator of overcoming trauma. It would seem that the story of the blast victims has been taken away from them. They are no longer at the center of the grieving and mourning.
Individual stories are painful.
Most of us would prefer to insulate ourselves from the pain. The reality is that the nation can heal only when the pains of individuals are validated. We cannot afford to deal with victims as statistics. We must create conditions for individuals who know the story to shape it. There are many victims who are looking back at their lives and picking any sin they committed that merited the wrath of their ancestors, God or other supernatural beings.