The recent siege brought terrorism to the doorstep of India's affluent and struck at the symbols of their prosperity. India's expanding elite, which has felt somewhat insulated from the heat, traffic, sporadic electricity outages and overall commotion in this fast-paced city, suddenly felt vulnerable. Full Story »
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The story is thoughtfully written. But this article is missing the local media and upper caste’s side. So, though I think the story is fair for the poor, it is not balanced reporting – the reporters apparently did not pursue the news medias and government officials to comment on this. Yes, this story successfully brings awareness to the reader that in India the media is not fair in their coverage and though what happened in Mumbai is of great lost -- there is still a caste system, which is bias and unfair to 70 percent of Indians who live in poverty.
“In India, terrorists have usually targeted crowded markets and trains, seldom frequented by the wealthy. Typically, the victims have been the poor, including taxi drivers, deliverymen, shopkeepers and street sweepers. But the gunmen who struck several sites in Mumbai late last month focused much of their rage on the city’s two most luxurious hotels and its most likely guests: business executives, socialites, Bollywood film directors and political bigwigs.” “These are the kind of people who don’t even look at the working class. The train bombing was not part of their tragedy; the Taj siege is."
