And it happened again. Except with a difference. This time there were armed gun men spraying in addition to bombs.

My brother was getting home from Chembur. He had gone for a colleague’s wedding. And, he got late. and later. and even later. We turned on the news – mom usually does. and she froze. There were bombs and bullets and more on the news. And then the networks jammed. JD called back. he was safe. travelling in a rick. near the airport.

and then he didn’t turn up. and the networks didin’t work. and we saw the news about a car blast in Vile Parle – near the airport. My mom – went to the kitchen and began looking out. The dog went nuts and began barking the placed down.

And, then the key turned and my brother walked in through the door. He got stuck in traffic behind the blown up car.

28 60 other people won’t be walking into their homes. ever. Someone – with some stupid cause – decided to murder them.

Update
Hemant Karkare – Maharashtra ATS head – RIP. 5 other policemen die in the line of duty

Updates
Twitter has regular updates on traffic. possibly more reliable than news channels. Here are the Mumbai feeds

Mumbai Help is updating here
here
Vinu has photographs up here on flickr