Oh no, not again. Not as bad as in 1993. Worse than in 2003. Can we actually compare suffering by numbers? Can we compare suffering at all? Only when the world forgets some 7/11s and remembers others. We’ll see how long this memory lasts.
And Mumbai awakes to another day, another journey by local train, another round of fear, cheek by jowl with resilience and courage: the extraordinary strengths of ordinary people.
While the politicians, the terrorists and the TV channels plan in separate conclaves (we presume), how best to maximise the impact for themselves.
N | 12-Jul-06 at 5:59 pm | Permalink
It’s terrible and heart-breaking.
anasuya | 13-Jul-06 at 6:11 am | Permalink
I agree, N., it is heart-breaking. And if you add in what happened on Terror Tuesday in Kashmir - which is so repeatedly ravaged by violence - it takes resilience and courage not just to return to a reasonably normal daily routine, but to fight terror with hope and solidarity.
ram | 14-Jul-06 at 4:22 am | Permalink
i guess we have to live with it, because as long we are a so called secular country, no action will be taken against these islamic terrorists for fear of losing potential vote banks.
anasuya | 14-Jul-06 at 4:34 am | Permalink
Hi Ram, I think we should be careful not to reduce a lack of political action (or certain kinds of political action) to an argument against secularism. In fact, the very best defence against terrorism is exactly that: vibrant, strong, optimistic pluralism. Therefore, it behooves all of us who believe in peace - and are against terror of all kinds - to condemn fundamentalisms, whether it is Islamic, Hindu, Christian, economic… We need to be less afraid to speak up, and speak out.
Stake Five :: Mumbai Blasts | 15-Jul-06 at 4:52 pm | Permalink
[...] India was again the victim of brutal terrorist attacks on Tuesday, 11th July. I would have, and probably should have, posted about this earlier, but somehow could not bring myself to do it. It really is easier to live in denial of violence rather than to accept the reality of its existence. Let me add my voice to the chorus already commiserating with the victims and their families and condemning the attack. [...]