It is absolutely shocking to hear and see this gruesome act of violence or should I say hatred. Unfortunately the perpetrators of the act are people who probably live and breath the same air that we do and go through the same emotions that we do. Yet they either cant see or dont want to see the effects of these acts. I cant imagine the loss and grief that is in the air.
A friend called me early to tell me the news and I was shaken. Being so far from home I was desperate to hear the well being of my family. After trying for a long time I got through my brother who informed me that everyone was okay in our family. Its not hard to envisage the fear that people around the world will have gone through whose kith and kin are in Mumbai, the terror of not knowing whether one of the deceased is ours. The thoughts that run around when you cant make contact back home are hard to pen down. You think worst yet at that time you wish that those thoughts of yours turn out to be wrong for if they do turn out right then somehow somewhere you feel guilty of an act that was not your doing.
