The DNA column, and yours truly,  got quoted in the NYT, India Ink section

Since the Mumbai attacks, India has suffered numerous terrorism-related incidents, including but not limited to: a September 2009 car bombing in Kashmir; attacks in Maoist rebel-controlled areas in May 2010 that killed dozens of security personnel, a September 2010 shooting that killed two tourists from Taiwan, a December 2010 bombing in Varanasi, and blasts at the Delhi High Court this September that killed more than a dozen.

Perhaps that’s why as the anniversary weekend ended, a common reaction from victim’s families and others was anger at how little has been done to improve security in Mumbai and elsewhere around the country.

“26/11 has become a ritual. A ritual like all others. Garlands, flowers, candles, meaningless words — but have we really learnt anything?,” asked one columnist in DNA newspaper on Monday.

“Mumbai, three years after 26/11, faces a 40 percent shortage of police personnel. There simply aren’t enough policemen to take care of law and order, let alone a terror attack,” Harini Calamur writes.

“The remaining anti-terror infrastructure promised in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks is still in the distant horizon. There is no political party asking why jobs are not being filled — by locals or others.”