Recounting the horror of 26/11

December 01, 2014 13:31

On a mildly nippy night in November 2008, during a meeting with photographer Dhaval Dhairyawan's sister Vrushali I received a text message informing me of a gang-war that has broken out in Colaba. We were seated at a Barista in Bandra and I requested the manager to switch to a news channel. Much to everyone's discomfort, I caught a glimpse of my guru Srinivas Akella walking around taking pictures of people helping a blood soaked man outside Leopold. I called Raju Shinde of Mumbai Mirror and he said, "Sab chod, VT aaja! ("Leave everything, come down to Victoria Terminus)", says Ritesh Uttamchandani, a photographer, who has captured the horrible tragedy of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

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