After a terrible yesterday for Mumbai, when I got up early morning I was expecting some news of relief that the siege is finally over. But before going to office, to update myself about the siege I switched on the TV to get same bad news that the firing is still in progress.
Later on in the day I was closely monitoring the news channels and found that the commando’s were air dropped on the terrace of the Nariman house. I wondered why not they used this tactic the previous day itself. We could have saved more lives. Was it a delay on our part?
As the day progressed I was receiving the same update until at last I heard some good news. There was this update on the Times of India website at around 8 pm:
“The terror war on Mumbai is on the verge of ending with security forces securing the 5-star Oberoi hotel and a Jewish Centre (Nariman House) but gunmen (numbers unclear) continued to hold out inside the Taj hotel”। Some signs of relief at last. But of course there was still a bad news attached to it, the Taj was still under attack.
The death toll was rising continuously (I wont mention it here because it’s still unclear of the exact number). Quite a lot of them were foreigners, which is a shame on the government that we cannot protect our tourists. There was also some confusion as to how many hostages were still held up in the Taj. The government confused the media in morning that there was a lone terrorist in the Taj, but later in the day they changed there statement and increased the count to 6. How can the government be so careless releasing unconfirmed statements to the media and creating more panic?
Evening as usual I visited my doctor. The anger and frustration among the Mumbaikars could be seen even in the small clinic among the patients and the doctors. They wanted a complete change in the political scenario. There I wished we had someone like Obama and his principles echoed in my ear, “Change We Need”.
Expecting the final good news on the next day I laid flat on my bed. I could not sleep for some time thinking what has happened to this country? Why only Mumbai for such deadly event? When will the politician realize that they rare not sitting in the chair just for the sake of it, they are there because we elected them. They should act strongly and think of our safety first.
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