Arbit thoughts : Mumbai terror attack

I am finding it quite hard to get the Mumbai terror attacks out of my head for various reasons. Yesterday night, me and my mom were having this chat about whether or not I should apply to Virginia Tech. Mom was concerned because of the shoot-out incident that happened there a while back. She also asked me to consider studying in India as an option. I wonder what she thinks about the same after yesterday’s incident.

Lets face it. We are now in a world were terrorism is a harsh reality. No matter where we are, we are not safe. But we still have to counter this menace especially considering that our present (and probably our future governments) will always think about their vote bank first before taking any actions on busting/trying to bust a possible terror threat.

I just don’t understand phrases like ‘city moves on’ or ‘test of spirit of Mumbai or Mumbaikars’ or the likes that are used so often by the media. That is just cow dung.

I understand that some things will never be the same. Getting frisked at every other mall, or airport or stadium is not something anyone enjoys. But when we realize that these things are being done for our own safety, these things take a backseat. Only ignorant fools would argue that such things should be done away with.

We should be strong and fight back.

Mumbai terror attacks

As me and my colleagues were enjoying a nice friendly game of CounterStrike, little did we know that some something similar was happening in Mumbai, in reality, at about the same time.

Shame on those who were responsible for such acts of cowardice!