Mumbai Terror Attack Journey into soul of a bruised city

Mumbai, Nov. 30: Don Ilanthiraiyan doesnt want to recall the gunshots he heard on Wednesday night — the memories trigger a chain of fear he says he would rather not confront at the moment.

I am scared... very scared. It could just as easily have been us, and not Leopold, as the target, said the manager of Café Mondegar, located barely 20 metres down the road from Leopold Café, one of the first targets of the terrorists who struck Mumbai.

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is less than a kilometre away.

Like Leopold, Mondegar is a popular pub frequented by foreign tourists.

But just three days after the firing at Leopold, Mondegar was today full to capacity, and Ilanthiraiyan had to ask guests to wait till seating could be arranged.

Couples snuggled next to each other, professionals surfed the Net on laptops and friends shared a jug of chilled beer in the November afternoon.

Ilanthiraiyan had kept the café closed the past two days, as a mark of respect.

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