Wednesday, November 25, 2009

26/11...A blast from the past

What do you say when someone says "26/11 anniversary is coming up". Should you reply "Congrats. Happy anniversary"?? Or should you look indifferent? Actually should it really be called an anniversary? I sort of associate happiness with anniversaries and this is clearly not a happy anniversary. Then why call it that?? Anniversary is the last word to be used here. It should rather be called '26/11 Black day' or something.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Baby Moshe. It is the night that left him orphaned.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Kavita Karkare. In a few hours, she was forced to transform from a married woman to a widow.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by K Unnikrishnan. Those 62 hours left him childless and he had to perform the last rites of his own son's funeral.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Divya Salaskar. She now has to add ‘Late’ to her dads heroic name.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Vinita Kamte. She is now the wife of a martyr.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by hawaldar Tukaram Omble's family. They lost their sole breadwinner.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Taj and Oberoi employees. They watched their workplace burn in flames and turn into a battlefield.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by CST station commuters. Their safe journey back home will always remain a question mark now.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Leopold patrons. That night their wine got mixed with blood.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Mumbai. For it changed from a throbbing city to a silent city, under hostage for 62 long hours.

26/11 is a day in the history of India that will never be forgotten by Me. Because I saw the faces, the pain, the anger, the tears. And a year later too, I din't forget those faces. But a year later, I am not as angry, a year later I am not that sad, a year later I am not so mournful. Instead a year later I have learned to forgive. A year later I have learned to move on. A year later I know how lucky I am coz I survived!

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