钢铁猎姬:Not the easy living in Mumbai

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Not the easy living in Mumbai

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Like a deadly unwanted relative refusing to sever connections, terrorism revisited Mumbai after nearly three years, with three bomb blasts on the evening of July 13. Twenty-one people have died in the explosions and over 140 injured. The death toll is rising.

Mumbai had suffered 10 times of terrorism attacks since 1993, and some people even say "bombs and bleeding have already become a living style of Mumbai people."

Nearly all the big countries in the world strongly condemned the attack and choose to stand with India, however, it can't stop the rising unsatisfied mood among Indian people, and lots of people even complain government's incapable for letting Mumbai become a "hunting land" of terrorists.

But Mumbai people bring a surprise to the whole world just less than 20 hours past after the attack.

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People pick up the pieces and move on, not out of resilience, but a paucity of options amid a struggle for survival every day. Schools are open and the shutters are back up in most shops, even in blast-hit localities. Such occasion is called "Mumbai spirit" by some people.

This is not the first time that India’s financial capital has been targeted and will probably not be the last. This is my fifth year in Mumbai and I’ve already seen three terror strikes — seven explosions that killed at least 174 people in packed commuter trains on July 11, 2006; the November 26, 2008 coordinated terror strikes that took away 166 lives spread across an iconic railway station, a popular cafe, a local hospital and two landmark luxury hotels and this one last evening at three crowded markets.

Does it mean we stop living? There is nothing that could have saved you or me if we were in any of those markets. And, there is nothing that should stop us from living our lives tomorrow.

This city which is home to 20 million is one that never sleeps. Which makes one believe it’s India’s Red Light district – which warmly embraces one and all, at times leaving the door ajar for even the miscreants to sneak in and wreak havoc.

India, more so Mumbai, has always been a soft target for militant strikes. For the central and state governments that are struggling to posit some semblance of authority, these blasts might be a wake-up call. Or, will it help distract from the billion-dollar scams that dominated the headlines day in and day out for more than a year?

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I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”

No, that’s not your ordinary Mumbai resident, the morning after three blasts rocked crowded markets Wednesday evening, killing 18 people and injuring more than 130. It’s a famous quote by Charlie Chaplin, arguably the greatest comedian the world has ever known.

But the joke is on the Mumbaikar, yet again, as torrential rains lash this coastal city in what seems like Mother Nature’s wasted effort to wash away somebody else’s sins. (Reuters/Asian Times)

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