a month later and i'm in Mumbai. it's the 26th of december and the memories are still fresh. The Trident has re-opened and everyday they pose an advertisement in the paper.. - We are open again. thank you for your support and hope to serve you better - .. and the city is back on track. those who have lost are still grieving. those who saw it happened are still angry. those many who are doing something about it are still vocal. but there are those others who have made a mockery of it and those who have glamorized the terrorist who was caught and hyped up the entire episode with sordid tales of glory about how bad the situation is. they dont truly care about those dead or affected... all they care about is getting the news to u.. in a manner where a bombing sounds like a celebration. i wonder if they have become so callous or were they always like this. more the tragedies higher the TRP's. and this is our Media.

anyways back to where i was. suddenly the media needed a new story. so a month anniversary of the mumbai blasts seemed to be the perfect story.  Revisiting the dead, the affected and the vocal. while the billet marks have been left on the walls of Leopold's for investigation purposes , the media decides to take snapshots of the same and give an emotional story to it. i dont deny that the bullet marks dont take us back to 26/11 but i think even without the reminders the people of mumbai and the world over will take a long time to forget this incident. think they can remember it without the media pushing the story unnecessarily.

the city has changed. it has been struck sooo many times now that somewhere the people had gotten used to the complacency. but this time it's different.. they are different. the people have woken up. they have decided to take a stand n fight back. i saw bill boards asking people to realise and be a part of the change. they have become more vigilant n expressive. they have started the wheels of change for the safety of their city. in essence the much stretched mumbai has come together as one. they have decided that they have had enough. this is the first step towards a united country. our country, which has fragmented into sections of indifference from all sects. a mumbai was needed to awaken this nation and i can see the winds of change washign over. And for this i am proud and grateful.