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November 27th, 2008

Mumbai attacks: In pictures

Posted by: Corinne Perkins
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People duck as gunshots are fired from inside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

Indian commandos take positions outside “Nariman House”, where armed militants are believed to be holed up in Mumbai November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta

An employee (C) of the Taj Hotel (seen in the background) comforts foreign guests in Mumbai November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta

Police escort a stranded guest from Taj hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta

A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in Mumbai November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

A policeman walks with an elderly man after shootings by unidentified assailants at a railway station in Mumbai November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Pigeons fly near the burning Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

26 comments so far

Fellow Citizens, The hour has come for us to wake up….we have to wake up to all the games which is played and it is our fault each and evry citizen of our country who has always wanted to take the easy route rather than take a stand in realalizing that its our approach which has enabled this catostrophy to happen in India…we as citizen woudl only look at our individual benefit and nothing more than that….we need to wake up and the hr has come for us to look beyond……what we are today….a nation of billion people and we see povery, sex discrimination, religios fights,,,, some where down after we got independence we have gone o sleep giving the polititions to make judgements for us. and we have given them the responsibility to gide us….. so is the human mind the greed and craving for power has lead them to put us in a situation where we see we have to borrow technology from other nations where we cant except people of our nation as they pur but judge them to which religion they belong too. we as citizens should wake up …and this is the right moment in indian history …to have that quantum leap…..we no longer belive n the political system which rules us….we wont allow them to decide whats good for us…we as a nation……who has given birth..too great leaders and thinkers would have to make a decesion to take our responsibility…when i say these things …i include my self i am no different than all u common people….i am of the same mentality and approach…we have talked much…..in for ages…lets see what we can do now….for a greater india, for a secure india, for a educated india, for a innovative india….we wont to take charge .what can we do…..blogging abt what has happned aint gonna undo the situation whats dne is done now,,,, we have to act…and not react to the situation…act when i say is we have to be action in the whole world….yes I dont trust the politions…..so why keep them….? what can we do…. oh people lets think…

- Posted by Sathya

We the people were again taken for a ride
a pain we will never be able to hide
mouths gagged hands tied
becuse on our inept politicians we relied

- Posted by Firoze Shakir

It proves on the side of security level where india stands still. More on that, Officials need to be cautious on all the reports and information which was generated by people or any offcial body. i hope these things should not continue further to test our security level by the way of loosing priceless indian lives.

- Posted by Anbu

every1 who has heard or seen the attacks in mumbai is absolutely horrified by the brutality of the murders taken place ! This is something which should not be tolerated at all ! The people who planned and carried out this horrendous act should be very severely punished ! But i request all those in charge to thoroughly check out all the evidender before pointing their fingers at others ! It saddens me to see that quite a few indians have without seeing any proof have already come to the conclusion that pakistan is involved in these attacks ! I think it would be a better idea to be absolutely sure before pointing the finger at any1 lest like previous times they r very embarrassingly proven wrong !!!

- Posted by ayesha

This attack must be an eye opener for all of us Indians and seems to be a pilot scale operation fully encouraged by our hostile neighbours to check out our reactions.

If this is not contained now, what prevents our enemies and terrorists to carry out similar attacks on a mass scale, with hundreds of them at the same time, in multiple cities within India, and that too having a vast number of their symnpathisers in our midst to support them. Just the thought of it is mind boggling.

I hope the right signals are conveyed to these attackers in order to prevent a complete breakdown of our beloved country.

- Posted by Sooraj

I think that martyr Hemant Karkare’s family did justice to his memory by refusing Narendra Modi’s financial help. This is a wonderful, graceful and defiant statement against the nasty politicians that will do anything to gain political mileage, first they maligned the honest officer and now they want to show sympathy by offering compensation.

- Posted by Imagebabble

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