The Undying Mumbai Spirit
Written on November 30, 2008 by Imran Mirza
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After every terrorist attack on Mumbai, when the dust settles down, I hear “Netas” talking about “the undying spirit of Mumbai.” It gives me a sense of Deja Vu.
Mumbai is spirited. Mumbai is full of life. Mumbai provides livelihood to millions. It gets back to its feet after every disaster, every attack, every riot. But the ‘real spirit of Mumbai’, the Mumbaikars are dying a slow death.
Terrorist attacks, natural calamities, regional and religious clashes. Mumbai is helpless against enemies known and unknown. Â
Mumbai is vulnerable and ill prepared against terrorist attacks. It does not have the infrastructure to fight floods that inundate it every year. It cannot do anything against a handful of people who kill in the name of language or religion.
Yet it moves on. Not by choice. Not to demonstrate to the world its undying spirit. It does so because it has no option. The average Mumbaikars get back to work the very next day in knee high water, gas chamber like local trains, under the cloud of terrorism, not to prove a point. They do so to survive, to feed their families, to get ready for another day of an endless war called “life in Mumbai”.
 ”Aye dil, hai mushkil jeena yahan. Zara hatke, zara bachke, yeh hai Bombay meri jaan…”
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I pray for all those who lost their lives in this attack. But what hurts me the most is after all this blood bath our politicians will never learn and will not do anything but fight against other political parties to save their chairs
Some one is responsible for this and should pay the price
Our Mumbai will recover like it does every time
Jai Hind