It has to be India's 26/11!

What else can anyone think of....the images are too horrible to internalise.  We were in the US when 9/11 happened, close enough to NY and the feeling of hopelessness is something I will never forget.  Driving back that evening around 6:30 pm, the toll operators waved people on, not collecting the money.  At that point, it felt horrible and we were all glued to the television to see what had happened.  

This is very different.  For one, the tragedy was itself protracted.....with action.  Not a couple of events and the fall out attached to it.  Not to trivialize 9/11 in any way, but the impact of having live terrorists in the heart of your country and seeing army style guns/combat language on TV, explosions inside a heritage building is way stronger.  It hits home.

So when the press calls this 'India's 9/11', it makes my blood boil.  Why can we not value ourselves to call this INDIA'S 26/11?  It was harmless when we called it 'Bollywood' - we copy enough cinema for it to be almost a true statement.  But this is something else altogether.  Let us please value Indian lives as lives first.

In shock and sorrow!