Instead of building walls in our imaginations, we need to tear them down. It helps to think of children
For Gandhi, satyagraha was the only way to stop terrorism. Even in a changed world and context, the Gandhian response is not to be taken lightly.
Families of survivors and people from all walks of life came together at 26/11: Stories of Strength, a memorial event in Mumbai organised by The Indian Express Group and Facebook.
Organised by The Indian Express in partnership with Facebook, the second edition of the Stories of Strength event will host survivors, particularly children of the victims of the attacks, as they recount their stories of resilience
Police Constable Arun Chitte was hit by a bullet fired by Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail. Nine years after the attack, his family does their best to move on.
Allotted petrol pump in Ghargaon instead of Kharghar, slain constable’s wife moved there this year to handle operations after running into losses
Meera Sahani never found husband Manohar's body -- another family had claimed it and completed the last rites. The Sahanis cremated an effigy and made their peace
Ramesh Bambhaniya was on board the fishing trawler Kuber that was hijacked by ten armed terrorists to reach the Mumbai coast on November 26, 2008.
His father was a senior waiter in Wasabi, Taj’s Japanese restaurant. Rynell is now in Sydney, pursuing a career as a chef
Bomb left behind by gunmen took taxi-driver Fulchand Bhind's life in Wadi Bunder that night. His wife built a two-room home with the compensation money
Rehmatullah Ali had emerged from the kitchen at the Taj when one of the gunmen fired and killed him. His children have now rearranged themselves around their mother.
The first woman in her family to take a job, Guddi Maurya moved from a village in Deoria to Varanasi to work with the Railways
Shyam Sundar Chaudhary was injured when a taxi exploded on Western Express Highway. His 16-year-old son says they're still best friends
Their father was a Taj staffer who died while herding guests to safety; Rohan and Atharva now want to see their mother happy
Their father, a businessman, was visiting Taj that night to help a neighbour find a job; was found dead at the end of the NSG operation
Ashwini’s brother Ashish, 21, who both agree was closer to his father, left his education midway after the attacks, and took up photography.
Momina, who sold gajras for a living briefly, has learnt to run the household expenses with the interest of the compensation money.
"Although so many years have passed since the incident, even now there are times when I remember dad and cry at night."
Their father snapping all ties, the boys live with their aunt and uncles; one wants to work on a cruise ship
For almost five years after their mother’s death, Viraj and Anjali watched as their father took on the role of mother too.
"We never miss our brother. Because in Shubham I see my brother, I feel he’s right here with us."
The teenager who identified his father’s body, single-handedly took decisions regarding the funeral, made sure his traumatized mother and sister were looked after is now the backbone of the household.
While Qayyum is now in Class XI, Ayub is completing his graduation. Youngest brother Faizan has a hearing and speech impairment.
“I miss my father often, and when I think of him, I go to my bedroom and then chat with my mother about him.”
Nivedita sees her father as the world’s bravest person, who rushed to the aid of railway commuters as soon as he heard the first shots at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.