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Writing about a city in terror

By 27/11/2008blog
Terror in Mumbai

Terror in Mumbai

I have lived in Mumbai, and while the city has been under terrorist attack several times, this is the most widespread and brazen attack.

We have friends in Mumbai, and we do not know if all of them are safe.

I am in shock.

Damyanti Biswas

Damyanti Biswas

Damyanti Biswas is the author of You Beneath Your Skin and numerous short stories that have been published in magazines and anthologies in the US, the UK, and Asia. She has been shortlisted for Best Small Fictions and Bath Novel Awards and is co-editor of the Forge Literary Magazine. Her next literary crime thriller, The Blue Bar, is represented by Lucienne Diver from The Knight Agency, and was published by Thomas & Mercer on January 1, 2023.

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  • anniegirl1138 says:
    28/11/2008 at 05:36

    I am glad you and yours are okay. This was an awful thing. I don’t understand people anymore.

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  • Ovidia says:
    27/11/2008 at 19:14

    omg. I read/heard about what’s happening of course but this pic (in colour with blood streaks) suddenly brings it so close.
    Hope all our friends there are safe–& all the strangers there too!

    I’ve stayed in one of the hotels that was attacked, taken trains from the very station in the picture….it feels terribly real, close, and devastating.

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  • Kym says:
    27/11/2008 at 11:09

    I have been hearing the reports coming in. They sound so terrible. I’m glad you are safe and hope your friends will be.

    All my friends and relatives are fine, thank God. I can’t tear myself away from the TV tho, and the carnage has left me feeling sad, angry and helpless.

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