Comments on: The best of Mumbai posts http://razarumi.com/2008/12/09/the-best-of-mumbai-posts/ Just another WordPress site Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:58:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vandana http://razarumi.com/2008/12/09/the-best-of-mumbai-posts/#comment-8718 Vandana Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:24:14 +0000 http://www.razarumi.com/?p=1232#comment-8718 Talked to my brother in Mumbai.Two years ago he had stepped off a train, some stations before his destination, because his friend was hungry and wanted to eat something right away.3-4 minutes later a bomb had ripped through that very train. This time he was meeting someone in a building behind the Taj and had left the area a couple of hours before the mayhem started. I asked him to be careful.He replied,"How? Shall I stay put in my home all the time? And even then what is the guarantee? Weren't the people at the Nariman House doing just that?" I had no answer.Welcome to this new type of terror. Talked to my brother in Mumbai.Two years ago he had stepped off a train, some stations before his destination, because his friend was hungry and wanted to eat something right away.3-4 minutes later a bomb had ripped through that very train.
This time he was meeting someone in a building behind the Taj and had left the area a couple of hours before the mayhem started.
I asked him to be careful.He replied,”How? Shall I stay put in my home all the time? And even then what is the guarantee? Weren’t the people at the Nariman House doing just that?”
I had no answer.Welcome to this new type of terror.

]]> By: Manpreet http://razarumi.com/2008/12/09/the-best-of-mumbai-posts/#comment-8707 Manpreet Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:00:27 +0000 http://www.razarumi.com/?p=1232#comment-8707 Thanks Raza, for sharing the article. We all reach there, touch that, and come back, only to be shoved right there again... why? Not sure why i am incoherent. Thanks Raza, for sharing the article.

We all reach there, touch that, and come back, only to be shoved right there again…
why?
Not sure why i am incoherent.

]]> By: Meghan http://razarumi.com/2008/12/09/the-best-of-mumbai-posts/#comment-8703 Meghan Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:54:26 +0000 http://www.razarumi.com/?p=1232#comment-8703 Interesting article. More recently I left my wallet in public restroom on a plane for 30 minutes before I realized I didn't have it. I went to check the restroom and it was gone. Someone took it - my id's, credit cards and a little money. (I was only concerned about my ID's since I needed them to rent a car after I landed.) The worst part was that I was on the plane with my thief for another 3 hours, since it was a US coast to coast flight. When I explained what happened to the flight attendants, they looked at me like I was crazy to think I'd ever see my wallet again. In most situations in the US, I would agree, but I thought there was some kind of understanding that if you try to pull that in an airplane, that you would be at high risk of getting caught. There's only a 100 or so people to search. I insisted that the attendants made an announcement on the plane about the theft. I also went down the isle pleading for the person to return my wallet, assuring them understanding if they came forth. Luckily 20 minutes before we landed, someone anonymously turned in my wallet to the flight attendant, then to me. I was grateful, but then I realized how it's definitely a sign of the times for the US. More and more people are getting desperate for money. Interesting article.

More recently I left my wallet in public restroom on a plane for 30 minutes before I realized I didn’t have it. I went to check the restroom and it was gone. Someone took it – my id’s, credit cards and a little money. (I was only concerned about my ID’s since I needed them to rent a car after I landed.) The worst part was that I was on the plane with my thief for another 3 hours, since it was a US coast to coast flight. When I explained what happened to the flight attendants, they looked at me like I was crazy to think I’d ever see my wallet again. In most situations in the US, I would agree, but I thought there was some kind of understanding that if you try to pull that in an airplane, that you would be at high risk of getting caught. There’s only a 100 or so people to search. I insisted that the attendants made an announcement on the plane about the theft. I also went down the isle pleading for the person to return my wallet, assuring them understanding if they came forth. Luckily 20 minutes before we landed, someone anonymously turned in my wallet to the flight attendant, then to me. I was grateful, but then I realized how it’s definitely a sign of the times for the US. More and more people are getting desperate for money.

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