Exclusively in the new print issue of CounterPunch 1992 vs. 2008
Mumbai’s Charge of the Lightweight Brigade   If you believe for
a moment that the residents of Mumbai are angry about the recent
terror attacks, then they have succeeded in fooling you. There
is no anger; there is irritation. Their daily routines have been
mucked up.  For those 60 hours when terrorists took hold of what
have been constantly referred to as ‘landmarks’ of the city,
they sat glued before their television sets. They saw the image
of Indian wealth and power being destroyed by invisible men.
They were not interested in those men. They were not interested
in anything beyond the fact that these men– men who ate dry
fruits, for pete’s sake – had held five star hotels hostage.  No
one was talking about the 58 people who died at the local train
station or the 10 others who died at the hospital or the taxi
driver whose vehicle was burnt and so was he. Or even the cops
who took the bullets.  They may cry themselves hoarse at peace
marches,