26/11/2015: CONFESSION OF A MUMBAI SURVIVOR
Not just the early morning chaos of the Victoria Station Terminal or an evening walk down Juhu Beach. But the 2008 terror attacks which claimed the lives of 178 people, 7 years ago to this very day. It does not make me a hero. It was only luck that I could find a place to hide while others saved lives, often at the cost of their own. It did not turn me into anybody special. The recent attacks in Paris reminded me that what happened that night in Mumbai is far from over. And in many ways, I must confess I sometimes feel ashamed that I do not have more to show for the last 7 years of my life. Few people can change the world. Maybe the best we can do is to keep in our mind the faces of the people gone, in our hearts the wounds that never heal but remind us how fragile our lives are. And try to live each day touching and being touched by as many people as possible. This a song taken from my last concert, a few years ago: "immerse your soul in love". |
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