Two days after the last of the terrorists was gunned down by commandos, the country's commercial capital limps back to normal with the routine flurry of activities seen in almost all parts of the city.

The first signal of normalcy came when a couple of hours after the operation at the Taj was over on Saturday, Jehangir Art Gallery, a stone's throw away from the landmark hotel, was thrown open for art aficionados.

On Sunday, Cafe Leopold, where the terrorists started their bloody campaign, opened its doors to customers.

Government and corporate offices, courts, schools, and colleges have also opened, and lakhs of Mumbaikars have resumed their daily routine.

Local trains were running full this morning, indicating that the city's denizens, though traumatised, have started a new day.

There was also a flurry of political activities in the state following the resignation of the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday.

More cacophony followed in the political circles, after Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil stepped down early on Monday after demands from several sections for the resignation of Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his deputy in the aftermath of the carnage.

Meanwhile, Leopold Cafe, in its gesture of defiance of the terrorists' coercion and in support of the city's never-say-die attitude, was shut temporarily for 'security reasons' after a huge crowd flocked to the place.

"The cafe opened in the afternoon to show the terrorists that we have won and not them. But the crowd had become unmanageable as everyone wanted to come in and have a look," Farzad Jehani, the owner of the cafe, just behind the Taj Mahal hotel said.

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