Thank you England !!

As an Indian and a test match aficionado I am so happy that the English cricket team has agreed to come back and resume the tour and as I write this the first test match is under way.

I quite understand the state of mind of the players when they must have heard of the terror attacks on Mumbai. I was in a similar situation when I saw the WTC Tower 2 being blown away right in front of my eyes on live television. As a business traveler I had stayed at the Marriott in the WTC and the Millennium Hilton across the road and on numerous occasions I had taken the Path train to the WTC station. As I saw the terrible events, it dawned on me that this could have been any one of those days and that shook me. As time passes and one starts thinking rationally, one takes it as a part of modern day life and moves on. I guess the English team also must have gone through the same process. Change of the venues and the security audits were additional measures to ensure that India means business.

Thank you England and thank you KP. We respect your courage and the determination to not let the terrorism push us into the shell and defeat the spirit of humanity.