“Mumbai never sleeps”. This is an old saying. And this is true. The evening of 26th of November 2008, Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) busy as usual. A newly wed man named Ashish (fictitious name) aged around 35 was talking to his wife Tina (fictitious name) over the phone with a smile on his face. He was telling his wife that he will be boarding a local train shortly to be at home early. His wife demanded a bunch of flowers from him. He went out of the station still talking to his wife over the phone and went to the florist across the road. While he was choosing flowers, he heard bullet shots coming from the Mumbai CST Railway Station. Then whatever happened, the whole world knows.
It was one of the biggest terrorist attacks on India. Mumbai CST, Nariman House, The Taj Hotel and Oberoi Trident Hotel were attacked where many were killed and hundreds were held hostages until the terrorists were wiped out one by one by the security forces. Two days went by with a lot of hullabaloo and it cost a lot of important lives too. Amongst so much of tension and fear, Mumbaikars did not change their lifestyle. People from all parts of Mumbai came out in the open in rallies to protest against the attacks and to pay homage to the lives lost. There was hardly any drop in the traffic at CST Station. It seems that Mumbaikars have become immune to the periodical terrorist attacks on Mumbai. There has been no change in the psychology of Mumbai since 26/11.
Ashish still buys flowers for Tina once a week and he still boards the same train back home. Both of them think they are blessed because Ashish escaped the attack but both of them pray everyday for families of the ones who lost their lives.
Linus Orakles
http://www.authorclub.info/
It was one of the biggest terrorist attacks on India. Mumbai CST, Nariman House, The Taj Hotel and Oberoi Trident Hotel were attacked where many were killed and hundreds were held hostages until the terrorists were wiped out one by one by the security forces. Two days went by with a lot of hullabaloo and it cost a lot of important lives too. Amongst so much of tension and fear, Mumbaikars did not change their lifestyle. People from all parts of Mumbai came out in the open in rallies to protest against the attacks and to pay homage to the lives lost. There was hardly any drop in the traffic at CST Station. It seems that Mumbaikars have become immune to the periodical terrorist attacks on Mumbai. There has been no change in the psychology of Mumbai since 26/11.
Ashish still buys flowers for Tina once a week and he still boards the same train back home. Both of them think they are blessed because Ashish escaped the attack but both of them pray everyday for families of the ones who lost their lives.
Linus Orakles
http://www.authorclub.info/
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