Today, as we mark five years of the 26/11 terror attacks at the Taj, the Trident Oberoi, CaféLeopold and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), the city will commemorate the day with various events: peace walks, flag marches near the attacked sites, remembrance meetings, and ordinary citizens being told to take all kinds of peace pledges.

One can only say that a better way to pay tribute and prove that they have learned the lesson from the strike is for the ordinary citizen to see how he can become more aware and cooperative in assisting the authorities in fighting terror. Blaming the powers that be constantly or talking about how the police have failed to combat terrorists or about intelligence lapses puts the onus entirely on the other.