Mumbai Terrorist Attacks...Last 50 Hours

Hi all,

Some keyword search might have landed you to my blog and if you have decided to read this little piece of news, let me tell you that before today I never thought I’ll start a blog of my own. Last few days in Bombay have made me realize a few things about life in general..here it goes…

The last 50 hours have been extremely traumatizing. Watching the news has never been so difficult since the 1993 Babri Masjid incident and the 9/11 attack. As gun-firing, explosions, grenade launchers continue to be, you wonder whether this crisis will ever get over. Just when you here the news on a popular TV channel that Nariman House operations are over and you see thousands of people cheering in praise of the commandos, in the background you here a loud speaker announcing that the encounter continues at the Nariman House.

As numbers, figures and statements keep changing, any piece of news leaves you with serious doubts. But what can one do?! You still want to be glued to the television set and let’s accept there is no escaping it. Personally there is nothing else I want to do but to just keep watching every second of what’s happening out there. The city is crippled and the country feels a set back. There are talks about Al-Qaeda and/or Deccan Mujahideen being a part of this; I don’t know who organized this and it really does not matter at this point of time, all I know is that this was a national security slip, the assault was a very well planned attack and that there was a difference in the way this particular attack took place (as against the 9/11 by Al-Qaeda). These perpetrators were not people who wanted to attack one time, one place and reach an end; there were not suicide bombers who took lives by killing themselves in one go. These terrorists had a full-mind of terrorizing people, the nation and even the world. They made this possible by taking hostages and giving our army, NSG, Marcos, police officials, anti-terrorist personnel a tough time - for hours and hours together! They came via the sea by hijacking a ship (while questions in my mind continue how this is possible? I am somewhere not amazed and will stop dwelling over this. It’s incredible to see a handful of people hold the city at ransom. What goes in the minds of these people, some of them are as young as 21 years of age! We all know they are brain-washed but have we ever wondered how one can reach this level?! What it takes to be in a frame of mind where you have no fear, no guilt, no conscience, no morals, but one and only objective – to kill mercilessly! Just before I finish writing this bit, I can’t help reaching out to the little 2 year old who has just lost his parents, the Rabbi and his wife at the Nariman House. I am praying there is some close family he has who can take care of him and he is not taken away by social services.