Just a quick note to express my disgust over the the recent attacks. As I chronicled here last January, I had one minor excursion to India. As might have come across from that post, I was overwhelmed by its magnitude and promise. Not that it should make a difference, but to me it made these attacks that much more demoralizing and horrific.
During that trip I stayed at the Oberoi, one of the two hotels that were seiged by the terrorists. Plus I had ventured over to check out the Taj and the Gateway of India (you'll see the Taj in the background of one of that post's photos). So as I followed the news over that long weekend I was somewhat able to picture in my mind's eye where much of the violence was taking place. Far more harrowing than my own imaginings was one particular recounting by an American fund manager who happened to be at the Taj for dinner during the assault. He and his wife barely escaped. No matter how many times I read it I still get shivers up my spine, especially as the two of them separate to increase the odds that their children will have at least one parent alive. It's not a choice that any of us should have to make. This world is so f*cked up at times.
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