A moment of quiet

A past memorial held at the Gateway of India. Pic/Getty Images

Yesterday, Friday 26/11 was a day of quiet reflection, sobriety and sadness. In the whirl of a city coming back to its regular pace, memories of Mumbai’s 26/11 terror attack swirled around. WhatsApp messages saluting heroes, condolences for those who lost their loved ones and acknowledging the tireless community service of some did the rounds, assuring heroes that they are not forgotten. A nurse who was on duty tending to the injured that day posted a message which saluted her, and said she receives this one annually adding it is nice to know that people still remember. Meanwhile Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), not in existence then since it was formed in 2012, four years after the terror attacks, wound its way from the western suburbs to South Mumbai with a Tiranga rally. This was not about politics though; it was about pain. The city was catapulted in the vortex of global terror. From that time, some global terror attacks across the world were described by commentators and writers as, “Mumbai-style terror attacks…” In the current climate of very worthy COVID-19 frontline warriors, let us not forget everybody who was a warrior back then.