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Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world's most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests--including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kang--prevented a much higher death toll. With a deep understanding of the region and its politics and a narrative flair reminiscent of Midnight in Peking, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the tragic events in a real-life thriller filled with suspense, tragedy, history, and heroism.… (más)
A thoroughly researched book that gives a detailed insight into how 26/11 was planned, executed and how India reacted to it. While reading the book, there were times when I felt a gulp in my throat but that is the least one can feel about what happened in Mumbai on 26/11/2008. ( )
Topic itself is interesting but the way it is presented is confusing and botched. The authors attempt to do too much in the space they have, they flit from character to character with little in the way of reminding the reader of who they are/what they do. This takes the reader out of the story, having to go back to the front and remind yourself who that person is. It makes for a jarring and disjointed reading experience. Personally to compare this to Black Hawk Down is erroneous and misguided, BHD is written far better than this. ( )
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"'Mughal ceilings, let your mirrored convexities multiply me at once under your spell tonight. He's freed some fire from ice in pity for Heaven. He's left open -- for God -- the doors of Hell tonight. In the heart's veined temple, all statues have been smashed. No priest in saffron's left to toll its knell tonight. God, limit these punishments, there's still Judgment Day -- I'm a mere sinner, I'm no infidel tonight." --Agha Shahid Ali, Tonight in "Call Me Ismael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals"
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 8 p.m. A sliver of moon hung over the Arabian Sea as the dinghy powered toward 'The Queen's Necklace,' the chain of lights strung across Mumbai's Back Bay.
Faustine Martis wanted a memorable death. -Chapter 1, Jadu Ghar (House of Magic)
Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world's most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests--including Mallika Jagad, Bob Nichols, and Taj general manager Binny Kang--prevented a much higher death toll. With a deep understanding of the region and its politics and a narrative flair reminiscent of Midnight in Peking, journalists Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy vividly unfold the tragic events in a real-life thriller filled with suspense, tragedy, history, and heroism.
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