At CST, where Kasab and his associate Abu Ismail massacred over 50 people, many commuters lit a lamp in front of a memorial to the victims Thursday and also distributed sweets. It was chaos as usual.

Adding to the hubbub were the tap-tap sound of shoeshine boys and the chatter of fisherfolk, who were running around with huge baskets of fish on their heads, ducking every other minute to avoid running into the hurrying officegoers.