Today morning the people of Mumbai
had formed a human chain beginning from Taj Hotel snaking through
the Trident hotel and CST station. These were the spots where
scores of innocent people lost their precious lives during the
recent Terror attack. The call for human chain was meant to
protest against the Terrorist attack. People from all walks of
life, the rich and poor, kids and school children, young and old,
Indians and foreigners actively took part in forming a long
serpentine human chain. I came across few children who came from
Latur, interior of Maharashtra, to take part in a football game held
in Mumbai, as preparation for Olympic game meant for disabled. They
belonged to Pandurang Nivasi Mathimand Vidyalya , latur, Maharashtra.
What was very moving is that these boys are mentally challenged and
were taking part in the human chain to pay their respect to those
who died. I asked one of the kids what made him come at Taj, he
replied that firing had taken place in Taj and people were killed.
Their teacher Rajesh Patil said that while watching live telecast of
the Taj hotel siege, these children had many unanswered question
coming from them as to why they were killing people, what they get
out of killing innocent and so on. They were terrified watching the
live television of the terror attack.
Aftermath of the terror attack, Taj hotel has become a sort of
Terror tourist spot. The locals and foreigners throng to catch a
glimpse of Taj hotel where the terrorist and the Commandos were
engaged in 60 hours of gun battle. People pose in front of camera
with Taj hotel in the background to carry back with them as
memorabilia.
