Just the news broke that Bombay again has been the target for a terrorist attack this evening. This event seems to continue the tragic tradition of the metropolitan to be abused as the playground for terrorists of various motives. Sad for those innocent lives to become victims for staments which can be political or equally “just” of setting claims in the organized crime in Bombay. Those who suffer will certainly not care, yet a fact is that Bombay despite its charme is not necessarily unsafe, but at the same time anything but a stable environment.
The first priority for this attack must be to help the injured, and not run through unfounded analysis. But whoever wants to get a picture of the unimaginable complexity of Bombay, including its nasty side of intervowen political movements, religious seperatists, administration, entertainment, finance and industry, should read Suketu Mahta’s “Maximum City - Bombay lost and found”. A phenomenal into-depth account of what is cooking beneath Bombay’s surface.
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