11-26 Mumbai...

Mumbai..the commercial hub of India is targeted once again. In India terrorist attacks have become a part of daily life for the civilians. They face it one day..forget the other day. I dont even feel like posting these never-ending tragedy in India. We witness such events at least once in a month. Its hardly one month after the blast in Guwahati which took around 90 lives, yesterday it happened again. As alwys been a soft target for terrorist Mumbai became a victim once again. But this time they attacked with a new and never seen strategy. It was not just blasts as happened before , there were indiscriminate firing in public places like railway stations, hospitals, hotels etc which finally lead to a hostage situation. They captured hundreds of people (some of them are foreign nationals) in hotel Taj, Oberoi Trident and in Nariman House, made them hostages. Sources say they were looking for specifically US and UK citizens. Although the situation seems under control now after 24 hours of gunbattle,panic across several places I hope the lessons learnt wont be forgotten. I wont start a blame game here but the way the terrorists entered Mumbai yesterday( through the coastal areas, they reportedly came by a boat loaded with weapons) was similar to the situation in 1993 when Mumbai( then Bombay) was shattered with serial blasts. May the souls of those killed (125 so far) rest in peace and those who were injured get well soon. I am hopeful of full fledged normalcy by tomorrow across Mumbai...