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Please don't make a film on the Mumbai attacks," filmmaker Sandip Ray appealed to his colleagues in the film industry. "As responsible citizens, we, filmmakers, should stop glorifying such macabre incidents. Let's not depict heroes out of killers. Let conscience, not profit be our motivation. I feel so restless all the time, can't concentrate. It's a strange feeling." The director, who is legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's only child, expressed solidarity with those, who voiced a protest against the lack of security in this country."My heart reaches out to those families, who lost their member in this heinous act of crime. Earlier, we used to think only big cities are the terrorists' preferred targets. But 2008 saw a series of blasts in so-called smaller cities as well. Where will we go? Where can we get our security?" he asks.Ray is aghast at the total collapse of intelligence in the country. "We are paying our taxes in time and fu...

We Indian salutes the Mumabi police for the courage the police personnel on duty on the night of terror attack. some of the policemen were running behind a terroist armed with a AK 47 with a simple lathi... it is high time for the govt to provide better facilities for the local police.

I am scared. Scared of venturing out, scared of the unknown terror lurking somewhere -- on the train, in the taxi, in the mall, at the theatre. Of a person brushing against me in a crowded area or lift. Scared whether I will return in one piece -- or return at all -- every time I leave the safety of my home. More than myself, I am scared whenever a loved one steps out. I am tense and pray until they all come back. Then, I heave a huge sigh of relief -- only for the tension to return the next morning, when someone steps out again. I am angry. Angry at myself for being scared. I have travelled every single day to my Times of India office opposite the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus [ Images ] in near empty trains during the infamous Mumbai riots. I walked the length of the roads from CST to KC college trying to get in touch with my son on a day of another terror attack when bodies were being hurried into siren-blazing ambulances, when loudspeakers were blaring appeals for blood donations an...

The terrorist assault on Mumbai has only just ended, and India has entered a period of urgent self-examination, bitter soul-searching--and increasingly acrid recrimination. Here are five lessons that present themselves--to the naked eye--in the aftermath. 1. India is an incredibly soft target for terrorists. Mumbai, India's financial hub, lacked its own SWAT teams and commandos. They had to be flown in from the capital, New Delhi [ Images ] (with the interior minister announcing, on TV, that 200 of them were on their way . . . talk about a free gift of information to the terrorists!). One cannot imagine that the small number of terrorists who assaulted Mumbai were the only ones trained at the Pakistani camps whence they came. So: What will happen if terrorists attack, next, the information technology hubs in Bangalore and Hyderabad, the high-tech heart of India's economy? Or the Taj Mahal [ Images ] in Agra [ Images ], arguably the most famous building in the world? Or the How...

The terrorists achieved what they wanted to and have managed to send out panic waves across the country though they were defeated at the end. While precise planning was the key to their success another reason why they managed to keep the security forces at bay for such a long time was because they had kept hostages with them. NSG commandos, who took part in the operation, told rediff.com that the terrorists were "sadistic and barbaric". "Although we cannot reveal the exact nature of torture meted out to hostages, we can say that the hostages were not given food or water for the entire three days," he said. The NSG commando says that some of the guards and the guests were tortured and some of them were bled to death. A guard and a guest were found dead in a room. They were stripped, beaten, their legs chained and were bled to death. This only goes on to show how sadistic they were by nature. The NSG is still unable to confirm how many people terrorists had been kept ...

Three top Mumbai police officers, including two from the Anti-Terrorism Squad, were killed in Wednesday night's terror attack .ATS chief Hemant Karkare -- who was investigating the Malegaon blast case, Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte and noted encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and were killed in an incident outside Mumbai's Cama hospital, ATS sub-inspector Sudhir Dalvi, who was part of the operation led by the deceased

CMKP strongly condemns the barbaric and heinous acts of planned murder anddestruction carried out by terrorists in Mumbai India. We express oursincerest condolence with all the people who fell victim to this savagecrime. We also salute the entire Indian Left that is doing its utmost to reign inreprisals by Hindu fundamentalist forces against the Muslims of India. We strongly feel that the role of the Left in Pakistan is to expose andorganize against right-wing forces, both inside and outside the PakistanMilitary, that harbor an agenda against harmonious relation between Pakistanand India. The Left and the people of both countries should not let Mumbai terroristattacks undermine the Pakistani India peace process. Such a development willprovide the Pakistan Army with an excuse to continue a heavy deployment onthe Pak-India border and play in the hands of religious extremists to carryon with their deadly vendetta against the people of both countries in thename of religion, race and caste....

The road that leads from the Metro Cinema to the Gateway of India is wall to wall people. A group of St Xavier's College students have stationed themselves near the Metro end of the road. Under the light of candles held aloft with no care to dripping hot wax, they set up a chant: India! India! India! It starts small. More join in. Those inching past on the other side of the road pause, look, listen, and finally they join in. 'India! India! India!' Just that, no rhyming slogans, no zindabads, no murdabads -- the name of this country, chanted loud and clear and constant. Pretty soon, everyone on that stretch of road is chanting just that one name -- and the effect in the late night air of that percussive drumbeat of sound is mesmeric. And like jungle drums of old, it seems to send out a message: We will not be cowed. The 'rally' was scheduled to begin at 6 -- but which rally? At 5, some three thousand people had already arrived at the Gateway, and in groups of a dozen...

Team India under the dynamic leadership of the Dhoni have defeated the Aussies in the four Test series held in various parts of india in the month of the oct and Nov. The series also saw the end of the Dada (Ganguly) and Anil Kumble. Both of them were the India's best player for last 15 years. Team under the leadership of Dhoni have defeated the England in 5-0 whitewash of the ODI sereis. Last two matches are cancelled because of the war on mumabi .

The Polit Bureau had already adopted a statement on the horrific terrorist attack in Mumbai on November 29. The statement's main conclusion is as follows: "The lessons from this grim incident has to be drawn correctly and promptly. The continuous and widespread terrorist attacks which have occurred in the country have shown up the weakness in our intelligence and security systems. The country expects the Government to immediately take effective steps to revamp and strengthen the intelligence and security set up. A beginning has to be made by identifying and taking steps against the forces with external links who have perpetrated this crime. "This is the time for all sections of the people and political circles to rise above any sectarian interests and ensure that the unity and integrity of the country is safeguarded by curbing all forms of terrorism whatever their source." After investigation, when the evidence of the links in Pakistan of the persons who committed t...

The country has experienced a sense of relief at the successful conclusion of the security operations against the armed men who had perpetrated the terrorist outrage in Mumbai. The clearing of the Taj Hotel on the 29th morning and the rescue of the people trapped there has ended the three day ordeal which saw the terrible toll of over 200 dead and several hundreds injured in the multiple strikes in the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Trident-Oberoi and Taj Hotels and the Nariman House. The Polit Bureau pays its homage to the officers and men of the security forces, the National Security Guard, Anti Terrorism Squad, the Mumbai Police and other forces who laid down their lives fighting against terrorists. The Polit Bureau conveys its heartfelt sympathy to all those who have lost their family members in these dastardly attacks. The lessons from this grim incident has to be drawn correctly and promptly. The continuous and widespread terrorist attacks which have occurred in the country hav...

A barbaric act of terroist again happened in the city of mumabi on 26 nov . It was real time war on indian soil. Most around 200 innocent people both indain and foreign people have lost their life recent days.some of the best policemen of mumbai have lost their life.. We the people of INDIA saluate the Heroes of the Mumbai war. The recent war have shown that the India is Zero in term of security.India's worst primeminister Dr Manmoahan singh is interested only in Nuclear deal with other country and not to the security of the INDIA. There is no investiagation agency like the FBI, no commados like the marine corp of US which can be deployed in one hour of the attack.There is no crisis management facilities, there is no cctv to scan high profile areas, no patrol in coastal areas, no efficent intelligence, no communication with the state police. It is high time to RISE VOICE aganist this . We dont require a political party with politician who have only 10 th standard knowledge. we want...