Twenty years ago, on October 29, 2005, a series of explosions ripped through Delhi’s marketplaces, tearing apart the festive calm of Diwali eve. The blasts at Sarojini Nagar, Paharganj, and Govindpuri killed 62 people and injured over 200, the deadliest terror attack the national capital had seen in decades.

Among the chaos and smoke at Sarojini Nagar stood a shopkeeper named Ashok Randhawa, who would go on to dedicate his life to helping others who survived the same tragedy. Over the next two decades, Randhawa would become one of Delhi’s most persistent voices for terror victims, a man who transformed personal loss into public advocacy.

Today, as Delhi reels once again after a car explosion near the Red Fort in November 2025, the first major blast in years, Randhawa’s journey assumes re

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