About  24 hours ago, I submitted an article to Digg entitled

‘Mumbai Hotel Hostage Situation is Not Yet Under Control’

inspiredeconomist.com — A terror scene that eerily resembles 9/11 has been unfolding in Mumbai since late Wednesday night (November 25th). In spite of the arrival of army commandos, three hours ago, hostages are still being held in Mumbai’s top two hotels.

A number of people commented on the article but one particular comment left me gasping….

“How does it resemble 9/11?

Have any buildings been demolished?? No.

Have any planes been used as weapons of destruction?? No.

Obviously the subject matter is important, but BURIED for inaccurate and sensational headline.”

It amazes me that anyone from anywhere could possibly make such a naive comment!

How does a deadly series of attacks on Mumbai that has spanned beyond 40 hours NOT resemble 9/11? Have Mumbai’s landmark hotels not been destroyed? Does a terrorist necessarily need a plane to exercise as a weapon of mass destruction? Are AK-47s, hand grenades and bombs not enough? How could anyone consider a report of Bombay burning in these last two days either inaccurate or sensational?

Bound by natural human values of greed and self-indulgence, we are all perhaps entitled to live in our own ivory towers. But when disaster strikes should we not stop for a moment to question why the home of 20 million spirited people becomes a terrorist’s playground? Or what possesses a terrorist to turn a city’s monuments and into fortresses of terror?

I never thought that I would see the day when I would watch the news to find out that 30 dead bodies were recovered in the Oberoi hotel yet feel a sense of relief because the news was an indication that things were finally under control. What have we come to? Where do we go from here as we realize tomorrow which of our loved ones have been lost. After all, in this town everyone exists with three degrees of separation.

It pains me as it pains millions of others to see my city go up in flames. And while it is easy to point fingers at the coastguard, the government..our national security…when are we going to point fingers at ourselves? Will we ever question what role large or small, we might have played in molding the mind of the terrorist? The ‘brotherhood of man’ is a concept that society has consistently failed to cultivate. India is certainly no exampl,: although Mahatma Gandhi attempted to unite races and religions, he arguably failed too.

Are we going to continue living in fear for the rest of our days? What can we do as individuals to quell terrorism for good? I would like to invite your opinion.

Highlights of the events can be found on Mumbai Terror Update: 40 Hours Later, the War Continues

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