I am shaken... Shaken to the core. But I am not scared.... that will shake me more.
The date was 26th Nov, 2008. I was working late with my TV on. Volume low as kids are sleeping in the adjacent room. Some movie was running and I was not paying any attention to it. During one of the code compilation I started flipping the channels to see if something interesting going on. On one of the news channel a reported was shouting something, what is he talking about? I increased the volume a bit. That turned out to be one of the most shocking news I ever heard.
Mumbai is under attack!!
Reports of firing at different places and then news of terrorists capturing CTS station, Hotel Taj, Kama Hospital, Nariman House and Oberoi-Trident. I was awake whole night watching this madness, the competition between TV Channels to show the news first, the inaction of politicians, the ill equipped policemen and terrorists creating havoc on the streets of Mumbai. I was shaken completely. It was all so unreal, like a movie. I especially remember the visuals of terrorists in a police van firing at the reporters. That was a horrific sight.
I am completely shaken.....and stirred!! Am I scared? No... There were all kinds of faces seen on the TV screen, some scared...some crying...some worried....some thinking....some brave...trying to fight it out. I felt numb.... for some time. Which face I would like to pick for me? worried...thinking....brave.....concerned.....angry.... may be a bit of all, till the time when a common man is not scared while walking on the streets.
Let's pray for all the souls to rest in peace.
The date was 26th Nov, 2008. I was working late with my TV on. Volume low as kids are sleeping in the adjacent room. Some movie was running and I was not paying any attention to it. During one of the code compilation I started flipping the channels to see if something interesting going on. On one of the news channel a reported was shouting something, what is he talking about? I increased the volume a bit. That turned out to be one of the most shocking news I ever heard.
Mumbai is under attack!!
Reports of firing at different places and then news of terrorists capturing CTS station, Hotel Taj, Kama Hospital, Nariman House and Oberoi-Trident. I was awake whole night watching this madness, the competition between TV Channels to show the news first, the inaction of politicians, the ill equipped policemen and terrorists creating havoc on the streets of Mumbai. I was shaken completely. It was all so unreal, like a movie. I especially remember the visuals of terrorists in a police van firing at the reporters. That was a horrific sight.
I am completely shaken.....and stirred!! Am I scared? No... There were all kinds of faces seen on the TV screen, some scared...some crying...some worried....some thinking....some brave...trying to fight it out. I felt numb.... for some time. Which face I would like to pick for me? worried...thinking....brave.....concerned.....angry.... may be a bit of all, till the time when a common man is not scared while walking on the streets.
Let's pray for all the souls to rest in peace.
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