Bollywood star hails Mumbai resilience

By Aamir Khan Bollywood actor

Khan was anxious about his office staff who commute by train

I was in Satara when I heard about the blasts.

I was shocked and immediately tried to get in touch with Mumbai, but just could not get through - all the lines were blocked.

There was no TV there, so I could not get a sense of what was happening. But my disbelief at the sudden attack and the loss of so many innocent lives is extreme.

I was anxious about the hundreds of thousands of people travelling by trains in peak hours.

I was also concerned about my own office staff, and wanted to know whether they had reached home - but just could not find out.

Then mercifully my chartered accountant called me and I got some information from him.

It is sad, it is appalling and the way people are going out of their way to help is just like the generous Mumbaiite.

'Stabbing the innocent'

The police are doing a good job, they are very capable.

If it seems otherwise, if people feel impatient, we must remind ourselves that the police force and the army are used to dealing with crime on a daily basis and they know what is the best step to take in such a situation.

We must follow the leaders at this time. And trust them. They require our co-operation at this time.

This horrifying act shows the extreme level of cowardice that makes people place bombs in trains and kill totally unaware people.

What can be more cowardly than something like this, which smacks of stabbing someone who is totally innocent.

What was the point of killing ordinary people?

I am glad that we have bounced back and are back at work - it just shows these people that we will not be cowed down by such stealthy, cowardly actions.

I think the best we can do is stick together and be alert.

'Taken unawares'

In fact it is important that we stick together and help the authorities in whichever way we can.

If we have any information that may help them, we should give them that.

It was and is an extremely tough situation for anyone to handle and we can only comment from the sidelines but in actuality we ourselves might not know how to go about handling such an unexpected and horrible situation.

But this is not only the case in India, it also happened in the UK and in the US. They too were taken unawares.

It is very tragic when we look at the result. So many lives lost, so much tragedy in so many families. My heart goes out to them all.

We must mourn the loss of innocent lives and condemn the extremely reprehensible action of the terrorist whose cowardice is seen so blatantly.

These people have little value for life. What sense does it make to kill someone when you do not even know who you are killing?

It is absolutely a senseless act.

Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5175824.stm