It was regular day and it was Wednesday. Little did we imagine this day will be a mark in history. As the Sun went down in Mumbai, in one corner of the world their was a plan to destroy peace. Mumbai which is well know as the City which never sleeps had to be kept awake to witness the horrific terror attack across different parts of the city.
For me it was a regular day in office when i heard the first news of the terror attack at around 9.00 Pm. To my knowledge i assumed it would have been a bomb blast, little did i realise it was major terror war. Things kept me busy and i could not get complete details over the incident. One of our company VP a localite of Mumbai was glued on the television set to get complete details and was calling his family and friends to get more details over the incident, which helped us to understand this was a major terror plot. We learned many police officers and general public were killed in the shoot out. Sense of comfortness declined, thinking about the incident and imagining how difficult life things would have been in Mumbai.
Reached home at around 7:oo Am in the morning and caught up the action on Times Now ( News channel). I just could not believe what i was seeing and was stuck with no words. I have not been to Mumbai, but have heard of the India Gate and Taj hotels and knew that there were iconic status symbols in Mumbai. As the news channel reported and showed the live coverage of the battle between the terrorists and commandos, I was only praying with a hope that it will end soon with the victory and the terrorists being killed. Things had a different turn and battle went on for 4 days with India loosing some able and efficient commandos, police personal and officers.
Questions arise with not many answers. What is the battle for ? What do Terrorists need? Why can't they fight upright? Who is supporting them?....
Perhaps the world has seen what happened in Mumbai, we got reactions from US and UK and people condemned the act. With most of having read and seen the entire episode of the terror attack, I would like to with due respect remember those people who laid their lives down fighting terror. As the news reporter on NDTV announced to the general public to observe a 30 second silence in remembrance of the all the people who laid down their lives this evening, it was truly a heart breaking moment. I want to take a moment to thank all the fighting commandos and police personal involved in the operations.
I hope these incidents do not happen again and wish our security agencies wake and take necessary steps to safeguard the country.
I would like to thank Times NOW....Arnab Goswami, Maroo, the camera persons and other reporters who were in full swing in covering the entire operations.
Thank you NSG.........
Vande Mataram.......
