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We do not really care if you actually get to read this. Time and again you have tried to disturb and disrupt our lives, killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains...

Dear Terrorist,

We do not really care if you actually get to read this. Time and again you have tried to disturb and disrupt our lives, killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have desperately tried to unleash death and destruction on us, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony. And each time you have failed miserably. Do you know why? It8217;s quite simple actually. We are MUMBAIKERS, not people divided across communal, regional and professional identities. We aren8217;t a split city. We are one. Remember the times when you tried to shatter us? Including the deadly blasts in a single day in 1993? We went to work the next day itself. Our resilience shamed you. However, this time, it did not even take us a day. We cleared up everything and brought the city on track in only a few hours. Vendors were seen preparing their next order, businessmen finalising new deals and office workers rushing to board the next train. Yes, the same train you targeted8230;

So what you thought would destroy us actually made us test our strength and start afresh. Within three hours of the blasts, hoardes of volunteers had assembled outside hospitals to donate blood. By midnight, blood banks there were declared full. Buses and trains ran packed across Mumbai. So you see, your bomb had not scared anyone.

With love,

From a Mumbaiker

For a football enthusiast, Sudheendra Kulkarni8217;s 8216;World Cup: The Magic 038; The Message8217; July 9 made a more interesting read than his usual articles. Kulkarni8217;s extreme interest in the game was evident throughout. However, his comparison of Brazil8217;s ouster from the World Cup to BJP-led NDA8217;s defeat at the hands of Sonia Gandhi was not very palatable. The comparison insults not only the Brazilian football team but also its numerous fans across the globe. Kulkarni8217;s stint with the BJP does not give him the right to make such a statement. According to him, 8216;8216;the best football is played when 22 feet and 11 heads move and dance as if they belong to one collective body, and are directed by one invisible goal-focused mind8217;8217;. But did the BJP follow that same strategy and do its members work as one unit today?

Bidyut Kumar ChatterJee

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