Lata Jagtiani, a post -graduate in English Literature, was born and brought up in Mumbai. Widely travelled, she has lectured in Mumbai's colleges in Literature and Creative Writing. She also writes for newspapers and websites as a freelance journalist. She is the author of Temple Bells and other Stories, Towards Light, Bhagavad Gita in 365 days and Sindhi Reflections, a historical study of the Sindhi migration after the Indian Partition.Mumbai Terror Attacks is the definitive book on the events as they transpired in Mumbai when it was attacked by Pakistani terrorists in November 2008.
The terrorists killed and set aflame unarmed Indian and foreign civilians.
ISBN: 9788129115331
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Book Review of "Mumbai Terror Attacks" by Hoshang Katrak
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The Horror and the Honour of 26/11 and Beyond
Lata Jagtiani’s ‘Mumbai Terror Attacks’ is the latest in a succession of books written on 26/11. Meticulously researched and chronicled, what stands this book apart is the clinical manner in which the author has tackled its immense subject.
The author has done a commendable job --- amongst others, she has gleaned and culled victims’ final conversations, Kasab’s first interrogation within an hour of his arrest, transcripts of the terrorists’ phone conversations with their Pakistani handlers.
‘Mumbai Terror Attacks’ is not just a narrative of those 60 hours; Jagtiani goes the extra mile in the concluding three sections and presente an astute study of the vagaries and unpredictability of Pakistani politics which have confounded both New Delhi and Washington alike.
The book goes strong and heavy on national sentiment.
Jagtiani’s concluding remarks in the chapters and her overviews provide fodder for thought; and where no conclusive facts have been established, she offers various theories for the reader to speculate and be the sleuth.
Minor typos notwithstanding, this is the kind of book from which one emerges not only enlightened, but also shocked, angry, humiliated, determined and a lot more nationalistic.
A word of caution though --- this book is not for the faint or weak-hearted. In her sincere endeavour to recreate the events as they actually occurred, Jagtiani has graphically depicted the incidents in all their macabre goriness. I could almost hear the AK-47s stuttering, the hand grenades exploding, see the huddled victims shuddering ---
Jagtiani appropriately quotes: Prof. D.H. Butani in his ‘The Future of Pakistan’, ‘--- Pakistan has always been on sale --- the leaders of Pakistan never fought for freedom. They got it by the machinations of the imperial power ---’.
Meticulously researched and chronicled, what stands this book apart is the clinical manner in which the author has tackled its immense subject.