German Bakery to be back
H/l: We want to reopen fast, this Bakery means everything to us’ AADITI JATHAR LAKADE Posted: Tuesday , Feb 16, 2010 at 0224 hrs Pune: Smita Kharose and her family — owners of Pune’s iconic German Bakery which was bombed on Saturday night — don’t yet know how much they have lost in the attack. The bakery is both the family’s only source of livelihood and its identity, and the Kharoses are keen to re-open it as soon as possible. The Kharoses went inside their bombed-out bakery on Monday afternoon, nearly 36 hours after the attack. Smita and her daughters Shraddha and Snehal spent a good four hours there, though they weren’t allowed access to the entire premises. “Since the investigations are on, we were not allowed to go to every corner of the bakery, so we have not been able to estimate the damage. As soon as the investigations are over, our immediate effort will be to assess the extent of losses and start talks with the government about compensation,” said Snehal Kharose, 20...