The drama that was played through the last night, which is not under control even after almost 24 hours of its commencement, was nothing less than the most dreaded nightmare of us Mumbaikars. For the facts, it was something unprecedented in independent India, something that would have easily gone in as a tall story if talked about earlier, and rightly so, because the way the drama unfolded in was simply unbelievable.
Around 20 - 25 men dock a ship at Sassoon dock, in the heart of Mumbai, with ammunition that outplayed the imagination of our top cops. They get inside what probably is one of the most known identities of Mumbai, The Taj, and later go on to destroy it; they go inside the Oberoi, which has been the prime face of Mumbai's extravagance over the years; and they also get inside the Cama hospital where patients were heartrendingly held hostages as in the formerly mentioned places. Moreover, some gunmen hijack police vans, and fire randomly at the common Mumbaikar. The men also cause a Taxi explosion at Vile Parle, leading to beliefs that the attack was going to spread over the suburbs too.
101 reportedly dead, and over 300 injured. We lose 3 top cops.
I managed to get back home safely from Malad which was thankfully an unaffected place, before I got hooked to the television that spoke of the grand scale attack that has shaken Mumbai at the roots.
What the hell! Isn't it utterly shameful that these men come right into the heart of Mumbai, and execute such a devastating plan? Can our intelligence be called even moderately intelligent if it wasn't aware of this efficacious plan? Is Mumbai police just good enough to harass middle class and lower - middle class people? Did they have no information network or disaster management scheme at all? And how the fuck could people dock ship loaded with heavy ammunition at the sea coast of Mumbai? Does our coastal security exist? Are there really so many loopholes in the security system the great city of Mumbai?
Is it an epitome of the incapability of our government to take a stand against the relentlessly repetitive terrorism? These and many other questions have haunted me since 9.40 pm, last night. I have perhaps missed many things that I would have written in a better state of mind. This is not an article. I don't care a shit for language or quality at the moment. It's time to get back at these people big time. Find them from their roots (which quite obviously lie to the north - west of India), and kill them! It's high time Manmohan did a Bush. It would surely require planning and patience but start the eradication process right away. The city of Mumbai that has given us so much over time cries for help. It's time to pay her back.
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You know I've realized that anger doesn't bring out good writing in anybody (this isn't a critique of your writing mind you, just a general reflection - please don't be offended).I can hear you mouth exactly the same words so many news channels, its "panel of experts" and many others were asking. Well in reflection, it occurs to me that the whole 26/11 episode wasn't documented in the media so as to pass on information. We still don't know what happened and the lone terrorist as the offender refused to bring any conclusions.When I entered Leo's, I saw bullet marks inside the cafe and this wasn't reported in the media. Similarly the victims from the CST firing where over a 100 were killed, the psychological rehabilition of their families undertaken by professionals was not covered either. Even the subsequent anniversaries brought out recollection of events and interviews sadly. I think sometimes events such as these need better documentation and information-sharing so that coming generations have a holistic understanding and not just a reactionary response. That there are terrorist organizations who plot something so meticulously and execute it says something about the hatred existing in the world as a whole.
I stumbled upon your article accidently and sorry about the long commentary that followed!
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