THE SPIRIT OF MUMBAI...its the phrase I strongly denounce, with all the
respect to Mumbaikars, this statement has been abused to such an extent
that suddenly it feels like there is no value to the sheer fact that
people have lost lives, people have died and died a gruesome death for
a spending an evening at a cafe, for dining at a hotel, for heading
back home, FOR LIVING THEIR OWN LIFE.
My question is, why does it always has to be like this, how can someone
simply start going back to work, the very next day of any gruesome
tragedy, why should people use the same local trains that were bombed
just a day before, why should people walk the platform of a station
that  was covered with blood of innocent people...

Some would say its part of life, we have to live with it...there is no other option....
But I say, this is not a part of life...we DO NOT have to live like
this...no one deserves to live like this....why should we live in a
constant fear that any one might come and shoot me or my loved one...

Why cant the city and people of India stand firm for once and
demand stern action from all those who are accountable to run the
city/state/nation....

A SAFE INDIA, is it too much to ask for????

- Ankit Khale
'07