Rehana, wife of 41 years to Shakir Merchant (72), has kept clippings of all the Life Stories. “Through Mumbai Life stories, we have realised there are so many families whose plight is worse than ours.”
If terrorism is this faceless enemy, its intended targets are not. And Rehana isn’t the only one who is looking ahead. Esha Shah (16) is working hard to get into IIT. Her father, Tushit, wanted that for her. Kruti Killawalla (19) is nurturing and building upon her father’s insurance clients — she has saved her father’s diary and insists that’s what she wants to do. Mahua Das (36) has decided against leaving Mumbai. She is rebuilding her life with 8-year-old daughter Sheona. For Samir Gujarati (36), “the show must go on” and his wife Bhavna helps out in many ways: her new responsibility is to help him wear his artificial leg as he has returned to work everyday.
That’s Mumbai in 2007. And Mumbai knows, hope remains the only way forward.
The writer is editor, Mumbai, The Indian Express shantanu.datta@expressindia.com
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