Bombay Burning

Far Eastern Economic Review, 27 Nov 2008, Salil Tripathi

The gun battle between terrorists and Indian commandos is still going on in two of Bombay's premier hotels as I write this. The full-scale of the tragedy is not yet known. It will a while before we find out who is behind this outrageous assault on India's commercial capital. Leaders – international and India's own – have issued boilerplate condemnations.

This morning, newspapers have been delivered, joggers, flower-sellers and hawkers are on the streets and buses are running on the city's typically misty late autumn morning, and the milk delivery has not been disrupted. Men and women are back at work, while schools remain closed.

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