This is my first blog entry on wordpress.

Today, Mumbai, my birth city, and a city of dreams to many in India, experienced terror attacks. Hundred’s of people died, and several more injured. The inhumane acts by the terrorists obviously shocked everyone, but not enough to deter the couragious Mumbaikars, who came out in large numbers to help the victims.

Mumbai has a long history of terror attacks – The serial blasts in 1993 at the Bombay Stock Exchange and other financial centers, the bus-blasts several years later, car bombs, riots, you name it – Mumbaikars have survived them all! However, these acts create havoc, disrupt daily lives, and a lot of people loose their near and dear ones. With a history of terror, are such incidents completely unpreventable? Could anything be done to prevent them?

As I was thinking, I remember how airport security, over the years have increased tremendously. Should there be security while boarding trains as well? The number of people who travel by local trains daily number in millions, if not more. Would additional security be counter productive, and be a waste of time and efforts? Would it help if simple security like metal detectors and sniffer dogs were deployed? How about security cameras?

Please post your comments? Has your country or city experienced terror attacks? Have your or a family member fallen victim to an attack? Do you think security can be beefed up at railways? Post your comments. Long live Mumbai – the city of my dream!