Terror in Mumbai.

It was night around 10:30, i had finished watching the cricket match, and was just switching channels, and then i saw the news item. At first it was like a shootout at Taj Heritage, and then as the reports started to filter in, the magnitude of the terror became more apparent to me. I simply could not say “Oh no, not again” and then just switch channels. Because what was happening was not just another terror attack, it was a literal war. As i saw coverage of cops firing, people running, some people being evacuated, and dead bodies, it seemed straight out of some Warner Bros flick. Except that this was not movies, this was real life. And we did not have a John McLane like super hero, gunning down terrorists. What we had were cops and armed forces, fighting a battle against a bunch …


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