Anger, anguish and alarm - a wednesday comes true...

Terror - the latest breaking news..For the uninitiated, India had its own version of the 9/11, the 11/26 - a black, grey, blue whatever you wanna call it Wednesday..

Hostages, gunshots, firing, bombings, fear, anguish, despair, frantic phone-calls, empty streets - the works!! Among others, they targeted the poshest area in India - South Mumbai; the best luxury hotel - the Taj and the most happening of hangouts - Colaba Causeway. why?????? Why did we let them???? How could they????? The freaks, the filthy, vile, disgusting, cold-blooded, (actually make that bloodless!), inhuman creeps!!!!! We will run out of expletives but they will not cease to exist. Unfortunately, this is the real world and unfortunately we cannot wish them away. However, inhuman we think them to be, they are out there. Somewhere. Waiting to pounce, to enter our homes, ransack our heritage and mock our ethos. They come, without any demands, any logic, with a single-minded agenda - to terrorize! Do they not think? No. Do they not feel? Ha! Do they not care? I cant say - they seem to care about killing the right sorts - at least this time around they seemed to have a clear agenda of killing non-muslim foreigners.

Yet we persist, the "spirit" of Mumbai rebounds. Life is back, trains are crowded, people are scared - that's OK; they still go to work...The sad irony is that despite its rich culture, heritage and cosmopolitan culture, Mumbai is increasingly becoming a city where people just exist. "We come to work, not to live". "Mumbai is a great city to work in". "Mumbai is fantastic, it has all the top offices". But do you just want to exist? Do you just want to accept? Is it only work that defines who u are? Do you just want to be????

These are extraordinary times in world history; the common man can no longer get away with remaining common - he has to become, do and be "uncommon". Be aware, notice and raise your voice - how could 10 men load that kind of ammunition without not being noticed at all????

Scream - it helps and its good for your system!

Stop isolating yourself - man is a social animal, he is meant to be heard and to connect. Reach out to friends, family whenever possible. Not only will it fill your insides with a warm glow but will keep you updated on the goings on. How many people ventured out on Thursday unaware of the city situation. Its sad..

WAKE UP!!!!!!

Feel

Live

Breathe, and most importantly

REACT - don't take any shit lying down. Please become human beings Mumbai, not Zombies....Remember the movie, 'A Wednesday' - isn't it ironical that this happened on a Wednesday? isn't it ironical that we had another black Wednesday a few years ago? But beyond the self-evident terror link of things happening on Wednesdays, think...They think they can do this because they are not scared of unseen eyes, lots of them....its time to freak out the bloody freaks!!! Lets not be resilient for once, I m tired of this bravado. This time, lets make it count. This time, I choose to be me - I will connect, I will call, and I will inform. I choose to be prepared, be alert and be safe. I choose - to be human...Your call, u decide...