I attended the programme 'We Remember' hosted by PCGT (Public Concern for Governance Trust) and NCPA (National Centre for Performing Arts)
at Tata Theatre, NCPA Nariman Point on Wed 25.11.2009
The program in brief included
Prayers by Blind Students
Bhajans by Shri Jalota
Recognising Children of Victims of 26.11.2008 carnage
Memorial Concert to REMEMBER victims of the tragedy of 26.11.2008 by Symphony Orchestra of India

The programme was inspiring, remembering, touching and sensitively put together...the speeches of Mr Narayan Varma, Sivanandhan, Deshmukh, Rahul Bose...were short, crisp,and to the point and reached their target: Our intellect and heart!

Before one reads what Bella Jaisinghani wrote about the DAY...I would like to say that WE NEED TO REMEMBER...and we as citizens need to show our solidarity...to some of the politicians who may have done something in the past year, but need to do so much much more...

Mumbai: A year to the day since the multi-pronged terror attacks targeted Mumbai but impacted the world, its citizens made a brave show of oneness as they remembered their martyrs. For a city that has come to view its vast shoreline as a threat, where the thousands who pass through each entry and exit are vetted by man and machine, its people made an effort to show they may have been bent — but not broken — by the enemy.
On Wednesday, a few children wearing traditional Indian costumes lit candles at CST railway station. At the NCPA, blind schoolboys reached out a prayer for the souls of the martyrs even as the orphans of the terror attack watched from the front rows. When the young victims rose to speak, the audience comprising police commissioner D Sivanandhan and former chief Julio Ribeiro listened as the children recounted their stories of horror.
Ribeiro, whose Public Concern for Governance Trust had organised the event, made a case for police reform, saying public pressure was the only way to stop political interference in postings.
Apart from the indigenous think-tank, the international community has also stepped in to express solidarity at this time, pointing out how terrorism is a global menace that has engulfed all religions and countries...
Bella Jaisinghani | TNN