Sunday 30 November, 2008

Cincinnati: Jewish Memorial Service on 2 December

Via e-mail from Lisbeth at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati:

At this dark hour, all people who are committed to pluralism and democracy must redouble our determination to protect, promote and celebrate these liberties even as we combat hatred and intolerance everywhere.

This memorial service, open to all in the community, will take place on Tuesday (December 2) at the new Mayerson JCC on Ridge Road and Ronald Reagan Highway, starting 6:30 pm and will be open to the public. For more information please Contact Lisbeth Sperberg on +1 513-985-1520 or e-mail lsperberg @jfedcin.org

Cincinnati: Special Prayer Meeting on 30th November

Via Khush Karamchandani at the Hindu Society of Greater Cincinnati:

In response to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. the Hindu Society of Greater Cincinnati will be holding a "Shanti Path" (peace prayer) to commemorate the lives of the departed, to give spiritual strength to the survivors, and to aid in the recovery of this catastrophe. The prayer will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday (Nov 30) at the Hindu Temple of Creater Cincinnati, 4920 Klatte Road, Union Township, Clermont County.

The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India have resulted in unimaginable death and destruction, and have inflicted intense pain and anguish across the globe. This terrible tragedy is not just confined to the city of Mumbai, but is an open attack on humanity as a whole. In this time of deep grief and consternation, our prayers, support, and solidarity are with the people affected by this terrible tragedy.

For further information contact Khush Karamchandani at +15132594016 Raj Bodalia at +15135046328 or the Temple at +15135283714

New Jersey - Condolence Meeting at Royal Albert's Palace on 7th December

Via a news report in the New Jersey On-Line:

The Indo-American Culture Society are organizing a December 7th meeting, at Royal Albert's Palace which is a banquet hall in the Fords section of Woodbridge in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The meeting that is open to all in the community, will commence at 12.30PM and organizers are expecting 1,000 people to attend.

Pradip Kothari, a local businessman and president of the Indo-American Culture Society said; "We feel the pain as U.S. citizens, and we feel the pain in our mother country. We want to send our condolences to the victims and their families, and we want to condemn this barbaric act."

More information on this meeting and vigil is available via phone on +1-732-2839696

Victoria Memorial - Candle-lit Vigil in Kolkata on 6th December

Via Sumit Shah on Facebook:

Light a Candle

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Victoria Memorial, Front Gate
City/Town: Kolkata, India

Every now and then, we are presented with a choice.a choice to do nothing...or to take action. Lets unite, and show our politicians, that they need to do something about wat happened in the past 3 days. Lets show them, that we wont forget. Not this time.

There’s a Facebook event page up - http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=37926768543#/event.php?eid=37926768543 - for those of you who are members. Do sign up if this seems like a good idea to you. And yes, please do forward freely. More information is available via e-mail to Sumit Shah (sumitshah@ gmail.com) & Nupur Jhunjhunwala (nupur_2k@ hotmail.com).

Saturday 29 November, 2008

Leopold Cafe - Candle-light vigil on 30th November

There's a TweetUp at Leopold Cafe (leopoldcafe.com) at 4 pm tomorrow (November 30th). Please bring a candle and a hug. More information is available by messaging Dina Mehta on Facebook, @dina via twitter, or on http://www.dinamehta.com (You don't have to know or care what Twitter or a Tweetup means. Just show up.)

Candle Light Vigil in Hyderabad on November 30th

Via e-mail from Mohammed Turab, the Executive Secretary at the COVA (non-profit) network:

COVA is organising a candle light vigil at Charminar in Hyderabad on Sunday 30th November 2008 at 4 p.m., to condole the deaths of innocent victims and security personnel and express solidarity with the bereaved families and the Indian defense services. All faith prayers for peace will also be organised on this occasion. We request you to please take part in this vigil. Do bring banners of your organisation and placards with slogans against terrorism and for peace.

For more information please call +91 402457298 or send an e-mail to covanetwork@ gmail.com

Blood Donors Needed at JJ Hospital

Via Twitter, from Dina Mehta:

JJ hospital needs A- blood urgently. Please call Ashwin at 9323103355 if you can donate.

Or please call JJ's blood bank directly on 022-23729400

Friday 28 November, 2008

Embassy Hotlines Setup for Mumbai Crisis


Canadian Consulate:

* A 24-hour hotline has been setup by the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in Ottawa at: +16139968885

* In Mumbai, nationals are requested to call the consulate: +91 (22) 6749 4444

* Canadian citizens affected during this crisis can call collect to: (613) 996-8885 (where available).

* An Emergency Operations Centre website for affected Canadians, dedicated to the Mumbai attacks is now online.

Source: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada


British Embassy:

* British Nationals in Mumbai affected by the attacks may request assistance by calling the British Emergency Center on their 24-hr helpline +91 11 2419 2288.
* If you are in the UK please call the Foreign office on 24-hr helpline +44 207 008 0000 (24-hrs)
* FCO Guidance for British nationals in Mumba (includes 24 hour reception center at British council library, embassy deployment desk at the Mumbai airport, transportation assistance & fast-tracking for lost passports during the crisis).

Source: UK & Foreign Commonwealth Office


French Consulate:

* In India - 24-hour Emergency Cell hotline:
00 91 22 66694097
00 91 22 66694045
00 91 22 66694094

* If you are in France, please call the 24-hour Emergency Cell Helpline at the Ministry of External and European Affairs: 00 33 1 45 55 80 00.

Source: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs & French Consulate in Mumbai


Australian High Commission:

* 24 hour crisis centre in Canberra may be contacted from India by dialing: +91 11 4139 9900

* The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has set up a hotline for Australians with concerns for family or friends in Mumbai on 1800 002 214.

* Australians overseas requiring consular assistance should contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on +61 26261 3305.

* In Australia, people should contact the Australian Government Mumbai Crisis Assistance Hotline on 1800 146 713.

* International callers should contact the Australian Government Mumbai Crisis Assistance Hotline by dialling 000 6117, this will put you through to an operator where you will need to quote +61 2 9203 6335.

* The Australian Government has also set up a website dedicated to this crisis and more information is available on www.disasterassist.gov.au

* Australians adversely affected by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai will be provided with financial assistance through Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments (AGDRP). Further information is available on 1800 146 713

Source: Travel Advice Australia & Disaster Assist Australia


US Embassy:

* Department of State Mumbai Task Force: +1-888-407-4747 toll-free and for callers in other areas, information available on a regular toll line: +1-202-501-4444

* U.S. citizens may contact the American Citizens Services Unit of the Embassy or the Consulates General for further information: The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi is located at Shanti Path, Chanakya Puri 110021; telephone +91-11-2419-8000; fax +91-11-2419-8407.

* The U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai (Bombay) is located at Lincoln House, 78 Bhulabhai Desai Road, 400026, telephone +91-22-2363-3611; fax +91-22-2363-0350.

Source: Warden Message via the US Consulate in Mumbai


German Consulate:

* In Mumbai, 24-hour hotline: +91 9821016877.

* In Germany, a 24-hour special announcement helpline has been set up for situation updates on the crisis in Mumbai: +30 1817 6006 01 and 030 5000 2000

* Germany's Foreign Office which is monitoring the situation: 030 5000 2056.

Source: German Consulate in Mumbai


Thai Embassy:

* Affected citizens are requested to contact embassy staff via their New Delhi hotline: +91 1126872029 or via e-mail to thaidel@mfa.go.th

Source: Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi


Philippine Embassy:

* 24-hour hotlines set up to address the situation: + 91 11268 89091 or +91 9910797014

Source: Philippines' Foreign Affairs Department


(This post will be updated shortly with more hotline numbers)

Trident (Oberoi) Hotel helpline

Just got through on this number, and they were very helpful:

+91 11 23890555

Thursday 27 November, 2008

The injured and the dead

Sorted from the spreadsheet posted earlier, which was in turn transcribed (by Shivmeet Deol, Rahul Nambiar, Kalapi Gajjar, Lisa Goldman, Noelita Coelho, Sameer Gharat - thank you, you sweet people) from the scans of the faxed lists posted by n (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). We spotted many duplicates in the list, so please don't regard it as authoritative. This list has been typed from an fax, where some information was not clear, so there may be transcription errors.

These people have been listed as dead:

Name Age M/F Hospital
Amina Hamid Shaikh 25 F St. George
Arun Chitale (Police) - M GT
Ashok Shivram Poulke - M JJ
Aziz Nabilath Ramkhure 55 M St. George
Bhagan Shinde - M GT
Bred Gilbert Taylor (Australian) 49 M St. George
Fakir Mohammad 68 M JJ
Goutam 30 M JJ
Haji Izaz Bhai 39 M St. George
Jasmin - F GT
Jurgem Hetraz Rudalf 68 M St. George
Mastan Qureshi 45 M JJ
Meera Jattherjee 64 F St. George
Michael Stert (Australian) 73 M St. George
Mishralal Morya 40 M St. George
Mukesh Bhikaji 23 M St. George
P Gopalkrishna - M GT
Prabhukumar Lal - M JJ
Prakash More (Police) - M GT
Reema Sheikh 35 F JJ
Sanjay S. Surve - M GT
Shankar Gupta 30 M GT
Shashank Shinde 48 M St. George
Shirish Chavla Charo 44 M St. George
Sitaram Mallapa Sakhre 40 M St. George
Sohel Ahmed Shaikh 30 M St. George
Studdar Daphne (Australian) 50 F St. George
Sushant Patil 40 M JJ
Thakur Budha Waghela - M GT
Uttam - M JJ
Vijay Katkar (Police) - M GT
Vijay Salasker (Police) - M GT
Wilson Mandip (GRP) 35 M JJ
Unknown - M Nair
Unknown - M Nair
Unknown 45 M Cooper
Unknown 40 M Cooper
Unknown 40 M Cooper
Unknown 30 F JJ
Unknown 40 M JJ
Unknown - M Nair
Unknown - M Nair
Unknown 45 M Cooper
Unknown 40 M Cooper
Unknown 40 M Cooper


These are the injured

Name Age M/F Hospital
A.B. More - M Mumbai
Abdul Rashid 40 M JJ
Abdul Rashid 40 M JJ
Abdul Razak 22 M JJ
Abdul Razak 22 M JJ
Abdul Salam 50 M JJ
Abdul Salam 50 M JJ
Abdul Sheikh Sohel 5 M JJ
Abdul Sheikh Sohel 5 M JJ
Adhikrao Kale 38 M JJ
Adhikrao Kale 38 M JJ
Afroj Abbas Ansar - M St. George
Afroj Abbas Ansari 30 M JJ
Ajay V. Korgaonkar 47 M GT
Ajhmal Ali 63 M GT
Akhilesh 22 M JJ
Akhilesh 22 M JJ
Akshay T. Shinde 32 M GT
Akshay Tanaji Supekar 11 M JJ
Alok Gupta 25 M JJ
Anamika Gupta - F St. George
Anand Arjungi 30 M JJ
Anand Arjungi 30 M JJ
Anantlal J. - M St. George
Anil Mahadev Nirmal 25 M JJ
Anil Nitram(Nirmal) 38 M GT
Anil Sakharam Varal 30 M JJ
Anilkumar Danojee Hakudkar 39 M JJ
Annasaheb A. Waghamode 19 M JJ
Annasaheb A. Waghamode 19 M JJ
Ansar Allahbaksh - M GT
Arvind Bhalekar - M KEM
Arvind Bhalekar - M KEM
Asha Borade 36 F JJ
Ashabai Shribal Baradi - F St. George
Ashok Babu (Unclear) Sunappa 85(Unclear) M JJ
Ashok Patil 49 M JJ
Ashok Patil 49 M JJ
Ashokkumar 18 M JJ
Ashokkumar 18 M JJ
Asif Babubhai Menan (Unclear) - M JJ
Asif Mohamad 26 M JJ
Asif Mohamad 26 M JJ
Baby Yadav - F St. George
Bajrandi 30 F JJ
Balaji Baburao Khatmole 53 M JJ
Balkrushna R. Bare 40 M Cooper
Balkrushna R. Bare 40 M Cooper
Bebl Ashok Yadav 26 F JJ
Betty Alafoso 58 F JJ
Bharat Bhosale - M St. George
Bharat Koshti 17 M GT
Bharat R Bhosle 53 M JJ
Bharat Satu Prasad 32 M JJ
Bharat Shyam Naodiya 20 M JJ
Chandrakant Dike - M KEM
Chandrakant Dike - M KEM
Chandrakant Lokhande 60 M JJ
Chandrakant Lokhande 60 M JJ
Dadarao Jadhav 27 M JJ
Dadarao Jadhav 27 M JJ
Devika Natvarlal Rotwan - M St. George
Devika Natwarlal Rotawan 10 F JJ
Dilsad B. Ismail Patekar 40 F JJ
Dilsad B. Ismail Patekar 40 F JJ
Dilshad Ismail Dulai - F St. George
Ebran S. Bhagwab 29 M JJ
Ebran S. Bhagwab 29 M JJ
Farookh N. Khaliluddin 53 M JJ
Farookh N. Khaliluddin 53 M JJ
Fhakir Mohamad 38 M JJ
Fhakir Mohamad 38 M JJ
Fhiroz Khan 44 M JJ
Fhiroz Khan 44 M JJ
Ganpat G Shigvan - M JJ
Giriraj Louis 40 M JJ
Gopal Prajapati - M St. George
H.K. Asif 22 M Nair
H.K. Asif 22 M Nair
Habibul Raheman Khan 30 M JJ
Hanish Patel (British) 29 M JJ
Harshada Harkulkar 20 F GT
Haseena Sheikh 20 F JJ
Haseena Sheikh 20 F JJ
Heena Sheikh 16 F JJ
Heena Sheikh 16 F JJ
Hemant Karkare 50 M JJ
Hemant Pravin - M GT
Hemant Shadulkar 22 M JJ
Hemant Shadulkar 22 M JJ
Ibrahim Abdul Rehman 40 M JJ
Izaz Abdulla 20 M GT
Jairam Chouhan 28 M JJ
Jatin Matin - M St. George
Kailas G. Dani 41 M GT
Kale - M JJ
Kalpanath Singh 35 M GT
Kanya Shahane 24 M JJ
Kanya Shahane 24 M JJ
Lalji Pande 54 M JJ
Lalji Pandey - M St. George
Laxman Shivaji Undekar 25 M JJ
Laxman Shivaji Undekar 25 M JJ
Mahadev Petkar 30 M JJ
Mahadev Petkar 30 M JJ
Maltidevi Madan Gupta 62 F JJ
Maltidevi Madan Gupta 62 F JJ
Manoj Kanojia 36 M JJ
Manoj Kanojia 36 M JJ
Manoj Thakur 27 M JJ
Manoj Thakur 27 M JJ
Manora Begam 46 F JJ
Manora Begam 46 F JJ
Manwara Alishekh 60 F JJ
Maruti Fad 32 M GT
Minakshi Dantashi - F St. George
Minakshi Sada Dani 21 F JJ
Miraj Alam 24 M JJ
Mohammad Farvez Aslam 27 M JJ
Mohammed M. Ansari 19 M Nair
Mohammed M. Ansari 19 M Nair
Mohan Bharati 37 M JJ
Mohan Shinde 40 M JJ
Mohan Shinde 40 M JJ
Mohd Ayub Ansari 21 M JJ
Mohd. Siddique 29 M JJ
Mohd. Siddique 29 M JJ
Muktar Sheikh 35 M JJ
Muktar Sheikh 35 M JJ
Mumtaj Khan 28 M JJ
Murlidhar - M Mumbai
Nafhisa Sadaf Qureshi 48 F JJ
Nafhisa Sadaf Qureshi 48 F JJ
Naresh Jumani - M GT
Nathuni Yadav 42 M JJ
Nathuni Yadav 42 M JJ
Neeta Khurade 20 F GT
Nibma Shyampuri Gosavi 40 M JJ
Nibma Shyampuri Gosavi 40 M JJ
Nilesh Gandhi 43 M GT
Niranjan Sadashiv Sardar 70 M JJ
Nirmala Ponnadurai 30 F JJ
Nivruthi B. Gawane 57 M JJ
Nivruthi B. Gawane 57 M JJ
Pappukumar Laldev 20 M JJ
Pappukumar Laldev 20 M JJ
Pappukumar Laldi - M St. George
Poonam Santosh Singh - F St. George
Prabhukumar Laldev 21 M JJ
Prabhukumar Laldev 21 M JJ
Prakash Bhagvani 38 M GT
Prakash Surve 65 M GT
Prashant 40 M JJ
Priyanka Chitaranjan Giri 25 F JJ
Priyanka Chitaranjan Giri 25 F JJ
Puppu Singh 22 M GT
Raheman Ali Sheikh 17 M JJ
Rajan Ishwar Kamble 50 M JJ
Rajan Sharif 23 M JJ
Rajan Sharif 23 M JJ
Rajendra Prasad 20 M JJ
Rajendra Prasad 20 M JJ
Raju Pandurang Mane 35 M JJ
Ramachandran Nair 25 M JJ
Ramchandra Morya 40 M JJ
Ramchandra Morya 40 M JJ
Ramesh Chervotu 41 M JJ
Ramjivan Napti - M St. George
Rasika Krushma Sawant 22 F JJ
Rasika Sawant - F St. George
Ravi Ranjangiri 26 M JJ
Ravi Ranjangiri 26 M JJ
Rekha Rathod 30 F JJ
S.H.Wardhankar - M KEM
S.H.Wardhankar - M KEM
Sachin Singh - M St. George
Sachin Tilekar - M Mumbai
Sadanand Date - M KEM
Sadanand Date - M KEM
Sajid Ashraphi - M Mumbai
Samdhan More 22 M JJ
Sanjay L Katar 23 M JJ
Sanjay Yadav 25 M JJ
Sanju Husain Ghorpade 15 M JJ
Sanju Husain Ghorpade 15 M JJ
Santosh Dattaram Veer 32 M JJ
Santosh Kanojia 31 M JJ
Santosh Yadav 23 M JJ
Santosh Yadav 23 M JJ
Sarika Kripashankar Upadhyay - F St. George
Sarika Upadhyay 30 F JJ
Sarita Harkulkar 35 F GT
Satyanand Behara 25 M JJ
Sawnath Chemburkar 46 M JJ
Sawnath Chemburkar 46 M JJ
Shabbir A. Salam Dalal 52 M JJ
Shabbir A. Salam Dalal 52 M JJ
Shabira Majid Shaikh 40 F JJ
Shabira Majid Shaikh 40 F JJ
Shaiwananth Chandulkar - M JJ
Shital Yadav 24 F JJ
Shivchandra Patil - M St. George
Shivram Sawant 18 M JJ
Shubhangi Rahekar - F St. George
Shweta Yadav 4 months F JJ
Shyamsundar Choudhari 45 M Cooper
Shyamsundar Choudhari 45 M Cooper
Siddhiki Sheikh 35 M JJ
Siddhiki Sheikh 35 M JJ
Sourabh Mishra 29 M JJ
Sudam Pandarkar - M St. George
Sulochana Lokhande 50 F JJ
Sunita Upendra Jadhav - F St. George
Surendrakumar Kanojia 30 M JJ
Suryabhan Gupta 42 M JJ
Suryabhan Gupta 42 M JJ
Suryakant Gaikwad - M KEM
Suryakant Gaikwad - M KEM
Sushant Panda 22 M JJ
Sushant Panda 22 M JJ
Sushant Patil 38 M JJ
Sushant Patil 38 M JJ
Tayan Merappy - F St. George
Tejas Anand Anungi - M St. George
Tejas Arjungi 3 M JJ
Tejas Arjungi 3 M JJ
Uguarinni 62 F JJ
Utsala Kurahde - F JJ
Uttam Sasurkar 20 M JJ
Uttam Sasurkar 20 M JJ
Vatsala Kurade (unclear) 6 F JJ
Vibha Singh 39 F JJ
Vibha Singh - F St. George
Vijay (Unclear) 30 M JJ
Vijay R. Khot 52 M JJ
Vishweshwar Shuspal Pacharme 22 M JJ
Unknown 40 M JJ
Unknown 60 M JJ
Unknown 35 M JJ
Unknown 25 M JJ
Unknown - M St. George
Unknown - M St. George
unknown - M St. George

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Helpline Numbers and Live Accounts of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks

Some helpline numbers:
JJ Hospital +91 22 23739031
St George's Hospital - +91 22 22620240
Mumbai Police's Helpline Numbers
Taj helpline numbers for info about people stuck inside - +91 -22-66574322, +91-22-66574372, local toll free 1-800-111-825
Trident Hotel Helpline : 011-23890606, 011-23890505, 9810956888 | Dir Corp Comm, Oberoi Hotels
Trident Hotel International Toll Free Numbers
For Info on terrorist cars - call DG Control Room - 9122 22023366
Send an sms -type BLOOD and send it to 96000 97000
Info on Terrorist cars - call 9122 24937755/24937747
US helpline 888-407-4747 Brazilian help line 9820686143 (C) CNN IBN FA 1-613-996-8885 from Canada, 1-800-387-3124 E
For UK
Helpline Number search on Twitter


Terror attack coverage in social media:

Wikipedia entry on 26/11 Mumbai terror
Real Time Citizen Journalism in Mumbai Terror Attacks
Twitter updates - they're fast and furious
Vinu's Flickr stream of live pictures
Global Voices Online evolving page
We're trying to help contact people in Mumbai through the MumbaiHelp blog




Taj Helpline Numbers

The Taj helpline numbers for anyone wishing to call the hotel up to check on status/welfare of the hotel guests,

+91 22 66574322 / +91 22 66574372 / +91 1800 111 825

Children of Bombay

Last afternoon my friend Rahul and I were killing time as we awaited the opening of a friend's art show in Colaba. We spoke of our hopes for the future, our dreams. I said to him something I've thought about for a few months, maybe a year now: I don't want my children to live here. In this city. Maybe even in this country.

My friend is expecting his first child, and he said to me: My wife and I had this same conversation today. But what do we do. Where do we go?'


Why did we say what we did? 

I said it because I see with my eyes and in my work, and so it comes through in my writing: in a city where the young, the able, the educated, do not have a chance, what chance will the the helpless have? Our children, our elderly parents? The animals we love?

And in Bombay, a city which is dying, I said to Rahul: where will my child study? which libraries will he or she go to? I said to him, I wanted to buy your wife a pram. But what roads will you push that pram on, which garden? There are no sidewalks in Bombay anymore. There is no clean air. People stone the dogs I feed outside my house. My neighbours say 'No Muslims.' When I landed in the city last week I thought to myself: This looks like Kabul before curfew.


Government warnings and helplines

RR Patil, state home minister, asked people to stay indoors, to not go into South Bombay in the day. Schools are being advised to stay shut.

Please listen, people. This is not the time to show the spirit of mumbai. You'll get in the ways of the cops.

Also. CNN IBN says blood is needed at JJ Hospital +91 22 23739031 - and St George's Hospital - +91 22 22620240.

The Mumbai Police website has a bunch of emergency numbers here: http://www.mumbaipolice.org/imp_telnfax.htm

Law enforcement officers killed

TV reports say that the chief of the Anti Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare and DIG Ashok Kante have been killed.

Another officer, Vijay Salaskar is just reported to have have been killed too.

Shit.