Terror in India

Airports in India went on high alert Thursday following fresh attack warnings as officials said India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks.

From Indian airports on high alert after new warning

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Just out of interest, which of my earlier impressions did what Sergio said do a lot to correct? Just curious. And which information of Sergios corrected it?
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.......which of my earlier impressions did what Sergio said do a lot to correct?--------Mell's question?

Mell, it's msg #16 "Wasnt it actually built by an Arab oil shiek who wasnt allowed to stay at the local Indian hotels, because he was the ''wrong'' religion. So, strange that Islamic terrorists did not think of respecting such an icon as the Taj hotel."

Sergio is correct. Taj was not built by an Arab oil shiek. And I don't know about the "wrong religion" stuff. His blog follows....." Almost 😊 actually it was built by one of the members of the biggest industrialist family in india: The Tata's. And it was built because Jamsedji Tata (I think, but could be wrong) wasn't allowed into a european hotel because there was a sign 'Only Europeans allowed' So he decided to build the most luxurious hotel in india."

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hey all!
I found out that the sign at the hotel where Mr Tata wasn't allwed in actually said 'No Dogs and Indians allowed'.

About the reactions of the mumbaikars... there are 3.
1. People are angry with the govt, they are frustrated that they never had a good govt and even more frustrated because they know that they will never have one. I met a CEO the other day and he said that intelligent people will never get into politics in India because most people are taught that they will 'get their hands dirty' with politics, if you want to be successful in life: don't enter politics.
2. Many of the so-called 'intellectuals' are grieving and sad, they go on candle marches and want peace, want India and pakistan to help eachother overcome terrorism.
3. Many 'normal' people would prefer to attack their neighbour pakistan, many political parties have put up posters with anti-islamic messages and - once again - the muslimic minority lives in fear.

here are some answers to the question 'Do you think our army should attack Pakistan?' asked in one of Mumbais biggest newspapers. There were 5 answers, but here are the 3 most extreme ones:

'Now that Pakistan has refused to hand over those 20 wanted terrorists, India should resort to a military offensive. There is no doubt that these terrorists came from Pakistan and such things have been happening for the past two decades' Avani Mehta, 26

'Take the instance of US action post 9/11. The did not wait for any discussion with Afghanistan, instead they launched a full-fledged attack on it. We must act in a smiilar manner and teach Pakistan a lesson. We cannot let innocent people die in India every now and then' Lata Malani, 31

'I feel India should attack Pakistan because it breeds terrorists. We have been talking across the table for many years and nothing concrete has come out of it. This is the time to enter their territory and give them a taste of their own medicine' Sachin Yadav, 25

If you look at the age, and gender, of the people saying this I think that it is very different to the western reaction.. I think the second point must be wrong when looking at these 3 answers, non?

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