It never struck me till a newspaper article brought it up. We have all praised those who died in the line of duty when the “10 cowards from Pakistan” went on a rampage on 26th November in Mumbai. But we, as a nation, seem to have forgotten about all those common citizens who died when all that they were doing was going about life as usual. :-( I stand guilty as charged for not having written a single line in their memory here.

But it’s not too late I suppose to make amends. And so I pray here that all those who lost their lives that day find peace!

I need to rectify one more mistake. There were countless others – cops, commandoes, railway staff, Taj and Oberoi staff, Fire Brigade people – who went beyond their call of duty to save lives. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for what you did! And I pray that, God Forbid, but if such an incident occurs again in this country, then all of us find strength and courage to fight back and to save lives.