I created this presentation because of my guilt.
I voted UPA last general elections.
Now I feel I am somehow responsible for the terror attacks…for the blood of the innocents…for the tears of agony of the parents and relatives and widows.
The UPA politicians valued vote bank politics more than the security of the nation. They blatantly diluted and removed anti-terror laws. They made Anti Terrorist police divert their attention from real terrorists. Their home minister was more interested in his wardrobe display than the victims of terror.
I realized I have made a blunder by voting UPA to power.
I realized I have made the lives of our children passport to power for the dynasty heirs through vote bank politics.
This is my small effort to compensate.
Terrorists strike Mumbai; Taj, Oberoi, CST Railway Station attacked
congrce failed to lead india.....
difince minister said few day s back when congrce is in ruling ..no need of armi and polish man....
y congrce people are getting fear to inplement POTA ......
people think b4 vote ......to any party.
who save s india..........we need a god to protect us..
Oberoi, known as Bikki to his friends, was in the city when the terrorists struck. He was among 400 of the country's leading businessmen who had gathered for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Awards.
A matter of hours after he had picked up his Lifetime Achievement Award, he learnt that terrorists had struck at his flagship hotel in the city at Nariman Point and the adjoining budget Trident hotel which is also run by his company.
The award – what ought to have been the crowning moment of his career – was soon forgotten.
"It is still not clear how many guests or members of my staff have been caught up in this and I have been getting most of my information from the television, like everyone else," he told me when I spoke to him. "It is a hideous time as lives have clearly been shattered. What is so frustrating is at this point we don't know the full extent and there is frustratingly little that we can do."
With a grim irony, the last occasion I had spoken to Oberoi was just after the Underground and bus bombings in London in 2005. He had visited the city six weeks afterwards and had told me how heartened he had been that things were getting "back to normal." He said it had been the same story in New Delhi where there had been bombings earlier that year. He felt that, as terrible as it seemed, people were actually getting used to bombings.
"What has happened here is obviously more horrifiying because of the scale of it and the way it has been so carefully and methodically organised," he said. "There was clearly a desire not only to kill and to mame but also to damage the city economically. Around 35 per cent of our guests come from the UK and I am sure that was why they asked for British passport holders.
"The British are, however, a resilient people and I have no doubt that while in the short term they may be reluctant to come here they will soon be coming back. I think we all know now that that is the way to defeat these terrorists. Also I think the fact these attacks have now happened in capitals across the world there is nowhere that we can feel entirely safe any more. The fact is life must go on."
Oberoi, whose company now owns or manages 35 properties across six countries – from the Windsor in Melbourne, Australia, to the Madina Oberoi in Saudi Arabia – concedes that the attack could not have come at a worse time. He says that the downturn that has hit the hotel industry since 9/11 has been the most painful and the most protracted he has ever seen.
A matter of hours after he had picked up his Lifetime Achievement Award, he learnt that terrorists had struck at his flagship hotel in the city at Nariman Point and the adjoining budget Trident hotel which is also run by his company.
The award – what ought to have been the crowning moment of his career – was soon forgotten.
"It is still not clear how many guests or members of my staff have been caught up in this and I have been getting most of my information from the television, like everyone else," he told me when I spoke to him. "It is a hideous time as lives have clearly been shattered. What is so frustrating is at this point we don't know the full extent and there is frustratingly little that we can do."
With a grim irony, the last occasion I had spoken to Oberoi was just after the Underground and bus bombings in London in 2005. He had visited the city six weeks afterwards and had told me how heartened he had been that things were getting "back to normal." He said it had been the same story in New Delhi where there had been bombings earlier that year. He felt that, as terrible as it seemed, people were actually getting used to bombings.
"What has happened here is obviously more horrifiying because of the scale of it and the way it has been so carefully and methodically organised," he said. "There was clearly a desire not only to kill and to mame but also to damage the city economically. Around 35 per cent of our guests come from the UK and I am sure that was why they asked for British passport holders.
"The British are, however, a resilient people and I have no doubt that while in the short term they may be reluctant to come here they will soon be coming back. I think we all know now that that is the way to defeat these terrorists. Also I think the fact these attacks have now happened in capitals across the world there is nowhere that we can feel entirely safe any more. The fact is life must go on."
Oberoi, whose company now owns or manages 35 properties across six countries – from the Windsor in Melbourne, Australia, to the Madina Oberoi in Saudi Arabia – concedes that the attack could not have come at a worse time. He says that the downturn that has hit the hotel industry since 9/11 has been the most painful and the most protracted he has ever seen.
Terrorists or criminals struck Mumbai. In a major terror attack this night, terrorists resorted to firing and bombing at several places in Mumbai. Firing has been reported from Oberoi Hotel, VT Railway Station, Hotel Taj, CST Railway Station, Capital Cinema Hall, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, Colaba Market and several other places. Two terrorists are still holed up inside the Oberoi Hotel. The police have surrounded the hotel.
The firing has continued for over one hour now. It started just at 9.50 PM. Terrorists are reportedly using AK-47, hand grenades and pistols to attack the people. At least 25 people are reportedly injured in firing. High alert has been issued across Mumbai. The security personnel have been rushed to all locations where firing have been reported. A series of blasts were reported from Nariman Point, Grant Road and Ville Parle. Further details are awaited
The firing has continued for over one hour now. It started just at 9.50 PM. Terrorists are reportedly using AK-47, hand grenades and pistols to attack the people. At least 25 people are reportedly injured in firing. High alert has been issued across Mumbai. The security personnel have been rushed to all locations where firing have been reported. A series of blasts were reported from Nariman Point, Grant Road and Ville Parle. Further details are awaited
