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Pak bloggers show solidarity with Mumbaikars

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  • As tensions between Pakistan and India mount, Pakistan's bloggers community is going the extra mile to show solidarity with Mumbaikars even though they have had to face the music from some of their countrymen.

    "And so, in prayer and in solidarity, I stand today with Mumbaikars everywhere. In shock at what has happened. In fear of what might happen yet. In anger at those who would be so calculated in their inhuman massacre," wrote Adil Najam, who blogs at All Things Pakistan.

    " Najam, who once visited the Taj and Oberoi hotels in a bid to spot "Bollywood bigwigs", wrote: "The first time I ever visited the Taj Mahal Hotel was with my wife. We had been married just weeks and were not staying at the Taj but went to the historic 'Sea Lounge'. "We went to the Oberoi Hotel (too) on the same visit in the naive and mistaken belief that we would find Bollywood bigwigs hanging out there. "My words of condemnation will not change the actions of those who have committed such heinous murder and mayhem. Nor will my words of sympathy diminish the agony of the victims. But speak out I must...And, so, to any Mumbaikar who might be listening, I say: I stand with you today. In prayer and in solidarity," Najam wrote.

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    Nearly 200 people were killed and hundreds injured in a string of coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai. India has linked Pakistan-based elements to the attacks, a charge denied by Islamabad. Another avid blogger wrote an "Ode to Bombay" on the popular e-zine "Pak Tea House". "Once again they have attacked, at the heart of Bombay. Bombay is everything which they hate. Bombay is Freedom, Bombay is Life, Bombay is Music, Bombay is Light. This is the attack on (the) city of Lights," Ali Shahryar wrote.

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