Nariman Chabad House, Mumbai, India
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai sent shockwaves through my system today. The Indian special forces have been calculated and impressive, but something disgusting happened to day at Nariman. As I spent the whole day following the Twitter stream with up-to-the-second information, I felt an immense rush of hope after an initial victory was declared. I felt a madness of confusion as information about hostages was not being made available. I knew renewed fear when the battle picked up again on the 3rd floor. I began mourning the terrible news that has emerged since.
5 dead hostages, among them, the Rabbi and his wife. Their 2-year old child was released to safety yesterday and now awaits its new orphaned life. My feelings for Chabad aside, the attack on such Jewish ground is a direct challenge to my senses and my understanding for humanity continually dimineshes.
I will probably write more about this story because this attack has potential repercussions the world-over. Know that India and Pakistan have large nuclear arsenols pointed at eachother, and any unilateral action will invoke immediate responses by China and Russia. This could be the powder keg. The times they are a-changin’.
