Indians know Mumbai as the city of dreams. A city that is home to the burgeoning Hindi film industry often nicknamed ‘Bollywood.’ It is also the commercial and economic capital of the country – the Bombay Stock Exchange building flanking the Marine Drive symbolizes the dreams and aspirations of modern India.
There is a sinister co-incidence about the fact that the tragic terror that struck Mumbai on November 26 
happened on a Wednesday. Only a few months ago a low budget Bollywood film on terrorism called A Wednesday received critical acclaim worldwide. It is a must watch film for any seriosu film buff, and for people who are fed up seeing their country attacked by terrosists repeatedly.
As you have noted I am not going into the details of the ghastly attack – you have already been bombarded with horrific images and bone-chilling statistics by the news media. A terrible tragedy but a real scoop for the media the world over. Every country’s media got a local news angle thanks to people of various nationalities that were killed by the bullet sprayers. As I write this piece news comes in that the US had prior intelligence of such an attack and had warned its Indian counterparts.
The Gateway of India with the Taj mahal hotel in the background on the left
If that is the case, then this whole government should resign. The Indian public is fed up of its politicians whose rhetoric speak larger than actions, who have been mute witnesses as the country has been subjected to brutal assaults on each and every one of its major cities. Terrorists haven’t been able to launch another attack in the USA after 9/11, why should India be such a soft target? Manmohan Singh may be a very apt candidate to be a prime Minister – with his impeccable honesty and his economics background – but history will not forgive him for being soft on terrorism.
Sharing a border with a country that is now infamous for exporting its global jehad factory products worldwide is one problem. Living in an overpopulated country is another. People look the same – attitudes and ideologies are different. While pakistan’s civilian government led by President Asif ali Zardari and Prime Minsyeter Yousuf Raza gilani wants peace and friendship with India, its military and intelligence agency veer off in the opposite direction.
A media professional based in New Delhi, India. I recently completed my Masters in Multimedia Journalism from Bournemouth University, UK and did my Bachelors in Cinema (filmmaking) from India. I devour information and keep exploring new horizons in the old and new media. 
Tue, Dec 2, 2008
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