Like it is with earth-changing moments in history (as with 9/11 for America), there is a question that absolutely everyone has an answer for: Exactly where were you that night of November 26, 2008, when you heard the news?

I was holed up at a friend's apartment (like many others in Mumbai), feeling relieved at the fact that my parents, dining at the Oberoi that fateful evening had narrowly escaped from the back exit of the hotel, soon as they'd heard gunshots of the terrorists, charging into the main lobby.