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Mumbai Attack - citizens need to change

Worst ever attack on Indian soil. Touching the soul of ordinary citizens. With bomb blasts, train blasts and now this attack I think not a single family is untouched by the tragedy for there is someone known who has suffered at the hand of terrorists in these cases.

Panic is hitting the streets. One of the junior of a friend lost life today, two cops known to a close friend lost their lives. A freind's wife was in complete hysteria last night when she heard Taj attack and her husband being in Taj for a function. She could not even hear when he called to say that he was in Taj Land's End in Bandra and not in Colaba. She kept on yelling "come back, come back".

There has been non stop coverage in all TV channels across the country.

What was happening at one of the leading newspaper in the capital whose editor decided that this news is good for a byline and anchor story has to be on Delhi elections?

Citizens - both directly and through media should start pushing the system for a better governance at large and actually form coordination committees with various bodies.

Time to wake up and hold responsible people accountable! Including media that creates hysteria rather than news reportage.

This is Indian Consumer in me speaking out.
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