Terror

I have stayed in Bombay for a short time- a year and a half to be precise- there have been 3 bomb blasts during that time- The mulund bomb blasts, the ghatkoper bomb blasts and the triple blasts at the Gateway of India and Mumba Devi Temple Complex.
That was 1st hand experience with Terror.Subsequently changed locations and life changed for me. Not so for the average Mumbaikars. Eleventh of July brought back their worst memories- the serial blasts in the local trains derailed their lives again.The newspapers and TV Channels went ballistic " breaking news" . The authorities and the Intelligence went to a Blame Game mode and of course promised all help to the common man. And then came the oft repeated " tributes to the resilient spirit of Mumbai" statements. I often wonder what happens after that- a week later, a month later, a year later?? What happens to these people whose life gets disoriented by a disaster as vast as this. How do they bring their tattered lives under control again? One moment you are leading your Life, next moment death, destruction, violence, bloodshed stares u in the face. Some lose lives, some lose limbs, some lose family, some lose sanity, some lose trust .... the list is endless....And then what happens......??? What happens to those people who r victims of Terror perpetrated by someone they do not know, never been associated with them and never knowingly harmed them. What happened to the Hiroshima Nagasaki surviving victims, what happenened to the surviving holocaust victims, what happened to the 9/11 victims , what happened to the Bombay Blast victims....... How do they live life again...how do they restore their trust , their faith in life, how do they start working again.....Where do they get the strength from....I wonder if our maker's Progress Report is to be assessed- Would making the Earth count as a success or a Failure??