The aftermath

It has been a terrible few days. The episode in Mumbai almost seems that an alternate army is working to bring the country down. Armed and well trained young men, some of whom were carrying food supplies, took control of the financial capital of India. It took about three days of fighting and uncertainty before the situation was brought under control. Speaks volumes for the fact that these people knew what is going to happen, they had anticipated the response and thus were prepared in advance for the same. More like a planned invasion. There was no randomness in this episode, everything was planned to the smallest detail. Pakistan has repeated spoken to the media, asserting that they had no role to play in this episode, but it is kind of convenient that the path chosen by the terrorists was via Pakistan and there were a few members identified as Pakistani citizens. More so, where does one get such a kind of precision training in modern day warfare: in a army training camp. And the camps across the border are known to be training grounds.

I am sure the citizens of Mumbai will come back to the main stream without much difficulty. As any great city, which has withstood the test time and time again, it will not be dislodged from following it path. People will try to create disruption, people will try to create obstacles in their paths, but in the end common sense will prevail and so will humanity. These inhuman fanatics, who do not realize that they malign their cause and their efforts by such acts of cowardice. I am glad that these people were killed in the encounter, there is no sense in taking them prisoners, they need to be gunned down in the streets like the animals they are. Jihad and holy war is not staged on the streets, only in the mind of people. If they people they are moving their goal, they are mistaken, nothing more is going to take them away from their goal and their destiny.

Yesterday, we were interviewed by channel 13, a local Des Moines new channel, featuring us and our reaction to the happenings in Mumbai. It was a very different experience, we were glad to bring the message to the masses. But at the same time we wished it was for something more positive. We hope the people of Mumbai will realize that all over the world, we are proud of their resilience and their determination to keep their sanity intact and keep their lives on track.