To Sandeep and the people of Mumbai

Sandeep, please accept our love and our prayers. Your wellbeing and that of your family and friends is paramout in the thoughts of your friends on the forums.

With love,
Marguerite

Sandeep,

You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Jerimy

Sandeep,

I am sitting here so shocked and speechless at what I saw on the news today! My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and those around you. As Lee and Marge said, please, please let us know as soon as possible if you and your loved ones are safe.

We all are safe. When the bomb blast taken place I was in office which is about 50 km away from Mumbai.

My 22 years old real Niece was somewhere on Western Rail Lines train and was coming home after office hours. We all were worried about her. Moreover, the phones – landline/mobiles were put off by the Admn for the time being. She phoned me after two hours and we got relief.

Many many thanks to all of you for remembering me in such difficult situation.

Sandeep, You, your Family, and Friends are in my Thoughts and Prayers. Stay Safe! Take care. if there is anything you need please let us know.

Sorry for the lengthy Post.. The following letter is being circulated among the mumbai-ites.

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Dear Terrorist,

Even if you are not reading this we don’t care. Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life – killing innocent civilians by planting bombs in trains, buses and cars. You have tried hard to bring death and destruction, cause panic and fear and create communal disharmony but everytime you were disgustingly unsuccessful. Do you know how we pass our life in Mumbai? How much it takes for us to earn that single rupee? If you wanted to give us a shock then we are sorry to say that you failed miserably in your ulterior motives. Better look elsewere, not here.

We are not Hindus and Muslims or Gujaratis and Marathis or Punjabis and Bengaliies. Nor do we distinguish ourselves as owners or workers, govt. employees or private employees. WE ARE MUMBAIKERS (Bombay-ites, if you like). We will not allow you to disrupt our life like this. On the last few occassions when you struck (including the 7 deadly blasts in a single day killing over 250 people and injuring 500+ in 1993), we went to work next day in full strength. This time we cleared everything within a few hours and were back to normal – the vendors placing their next order, businessmen finalizing the next deals and the office workers rushing to catch the next train. (Yes the same train you targetted)

Fathom this: Within 3 hours of the blasts, long queues of blood donating volunteers were seen outside various hospital, where most of the injured were admitted. By 12 midnight, the hospital had to issue a notification that blood banks were full and they didn’t require any more blood. The next day, attendance at schools and office was close to 100%, trains & buses were packed to the brim, the crowds were back.
The city has simply dusted itself off and moved one – perhaps with greater vigour.

We are Mumbaikers and we live like brothers in times like this. So, do not dare to threaten us with your crackers. The spirit of Mumbai is very strong and can not be harmed.

Please forward this to others. U never know, by chance it may come to hands of a terrorist and he can then read this message which is specially meant for him!!!

With Love,
From the people of Mumbai (Bombay)
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Hi,

It’s so refreashing to see and hear of citizens standing up to terror. As it should be. Our constitution in the U.S., makes us all defenders of our boarders, and equal participants just as our military does. However, fear rules the day, our president has asked the citizens to sacrifice nothing in this war, and when some…. to form militia and bear arms shall not be infringed upon, are called vigilanties. Too many just want, and expect, the freedom and liberty, but few stand up and are willing to defend it. Hey! Not my job. Our constitution though, says it is.

Our Prayers And Our Hope That Sandeep And His Family Are Safe Are Sent To Him. We Need To Hear From Sandeep And Will Look For A Reply From Him.

Dear Sandeep,

My prayers are with you and your family to keep you safe and for all of your country. I am so sorry that this has happened.

Sandeep, I am so sorry to know that you and your family had to live through this.

Please know you are in my prayers and thoughts.

Sandeep,

Thank goodness you and your family are safe. We’re all sorry to hear that you had to be near this latest attempt by Muslim terrorists to disrupt the lives of people throughout the world.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Suzanne

Thanks to all of you once again for your best wishes.

Through your best wishes, our stronge hopes of terror free world get emerged.

Really the world is so beautiful, but I do not know why such terrorists want to destroy such beautifulness instead of enjoying it.