I woke up yesterday and was having my normal cup of tea when a friend in Mumbai pinged me;

H: did you see the news ??
me: no, y ??
H: there were blasts and gunfire in mumbai..
me: what ????? again ???????

And the chat session went dead. As I came to my friends and asked them to find the links to some news channels. They were prompt as always and we were soon nailed to our laptops.

"Serial blasts break out in South Mumbai, along with indiscriminate gun fire from terrorists" read one channel; "Mumbai under fire again" said another.. but one that caught attention was "Legendary Taj hotel caught fire after several bombs went off in the Old Heritage Wing"

What the hell is happening ?? No... What the FUCK is happening ?? When is this going to end ??

By night there were reports that one of the terrorists was caught and two others were gunned down. Gunned down ?? Gunned down ?? Thats an easy way to die. They should have been tortured till the point that they would beg for death.

The police have lost three of their best men; Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, among other who died in the line of duty. Hundreds have already lost their lives and several hundreds are injured and fighting for life. What the FUCK is happening ?

The P.M says his heart is with those who lost their loved ones. The opposition is busy pointing fingers at the failure of the govt. They have "visited" the injured. The CM is shocked. Aren't the cries and shouts of the dying enough.

The army is fighting in tow with the elite NSG and Naval Commandos.

But what about the common man ? Where is he lost ?? Why is he still asleep. Aren't the gun shots enough to wake you up ? When is your stupor going to end ? Muffled voices of "this is wrong" are heard everywhere, why can't we just stand up and shout for our rights and safety ? A handful of crazy and motivated fanatics held an entire nation to gun-point. Why is the revolutionary in us still sleeping ?

Wake up, please wake up. This is not the time to show to the world that we can get the next morning and forget what has happened and head to our offices. This is not the time to think of Mumbai as just a financial capital of India. Its time. Its time to show that Mumbai or any other Indian city or even a small piece of Indian earth is ours', and we will fight to the end.

Wake up. Please wake up....