Attacks in Mumbai shock Indian students
Last week?s terrorist attacks in Mumbai have hit close to home for several Indian students at the University and have generated discussion throughought the community.?I have friends that had both of their parents killed in the attacks,? Mumbai native Nikhil Seth ?11 said.Seth added that that he is ?more shocked than most? because he worked in a building near one of the hotels struck by the terrorists.?I would go and eat lunch at the hotel and spend time in the coffee shop, and it was right there where so many people were killed,? he said.For some Indian students, last week?s attacks added to fear and frustration over the growing number of terror-related incidents in their country.?I think these attacks were the final straw,? Jahnabi Barooah ?11 said in an e-mail.Seth noted that though there have been numerous smaller attacks in India, ?these attacks felt like they were on a greater scale because they encompassed so large an area.?Barooah noted that she is fortunate not to have had any members of her family injured or killed in the attacks.