MUMBAI ATTACKS: Webcasts and breaking news coverage

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SAJA is hosting live discussions with journalists and experts in Mumbai and the U.S. about the terrorist attacks...

===> Webcast #8: Final webcast in the immediate series - more coming as the news warrants
Sunday 10-11:30 am NY time (8:30-10 pm India time Saturday)

• American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, the first guest to call in on webcast #1, five blocks from the Taj (you've seen her on various media outlets since). She will update us and tell us about a new project that is helping Mumbai heal.
• Mumbai native Suketu Mehta, author of the landmark "Maximum City: Bombay: Lost & Found" and an NYU journalism prof. He appeared on our first two shows and has done countless other interviews since and has written a major op-ed for the NYT [it and other major op-eds are at http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-essays.html ].
• Mumbai native Floyd Cardoz, the celebrated chef at NY's Tabla restaurant, who worked at both the Taj and the Oberoi and will talk about what they meant to him.
• Mira Kamdar, author of Planet India, who has been on TV repeatedly providing analysis.
• Prof. Ari Goldman, Columbia journalism prof and long-time religion columnist for NYT and the Daily News, who joined us twice before to explain the historical and current ties of Jews to India and told us about the rabbi who was killed at Chabad House
  [listen to some of that audio here and read an article about the Jews of India by Naresh Fernandes: http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-info-about-chabad-and-the-jewish-center.html ]
• Mumbai native Pranay Gupte, international journalist and media consultant (and the first South Asian to be an NYT correspondent), who has been writing about the city in http://www.pranaygupte.blogspot.com/
• AND YOU!!! Please call in or e-mail saja[at]columbia.edu or post your thoughts about Mumbai in the comments section of http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/breaking-news-terrorists-attack-mumbai-hotels.html

===> Webcast #7: Focus on Security and Terrorism Issues
Saturday 10-11:30 am NY time (8:30-pm 10 pm India time Saturday)

LISTEN to recording by hitting play above or here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/29/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai-7

• Mansoor Ijaz, a Pakistani-American expert on global security and business issues, who negotiated Sudan's offer of counterterrorism assistance to the Clinton administration in 1997
• W. Pal Sidhu, VP of programs, EastWest Institute and author of "Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches and "China and India: Cooperation or Conflict?"
• Robert Spencer, an expert on militant Islam
  
• Randall Larsen, founding director for The Institute for Homeland Security and author of “Our Own Worst Enemy: Asking the Right Questions to Protect You, Your Family and America.”
• Co-hosts: Sree Sreenivasan of SAJA and BlogTalkRadio CEO Alan Levy.
  

===> Recording of Webcast #6: Novelists Speak Out + Business Implications
Friday 10 pm-midnight (8:30-10:30 am India time Thursday)
We are doing two back-to-back themed shows.

LISTEN to recording by hitting play above or here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/29/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai-6

* First hour: Writers and novelists with Mumbai connections talk about the city they love.

• Sameera Khan, former Times of India reporter, updates us on situation in Mumbai
• Vikram Chandra, author of two landmark Mumbai books, "Sacred Games" and "Love and Longing in Bombay" - calling from Mumbai (more at http://www.vikramchandra.com)
• Thrity Umrigar, author of "Bombay Time" and "The Space Between Us" - calling from Cleveland (more at http://www.umrigar.com)

At the 55-minute mark, you will hear a Washington-based Indian-American named Anil Kapur call into the show to discuss his elder brother, who was killed in the attacks. His brother, Ashok Kapur, was chairman of Yes Bank in India. The thoughts shared about Mr. Kapur are quite inspiring. [You can hear the excerpt here: A victim's brother speaks out]

* Second hour: The Business Implications for India, the US and Beyond

• Betty Wong, global managing editor, Reuters
• Pallavi Shah, travel expert froum Our Personal Guest

Hosts: Arun Venugopal, SAJAforum editor and WNYC Radio reporter; Aseem Chhabra, freelancer
and SAJA-NY coordinator; Aparita Bhandari, Toronto-based freelance writer; Sree Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia Journalism School and WNBC-TV tech reporter

LISTEN to recording by hitting play above or here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/29/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai-6

===>  Recording of Webcast #5: Nov. 28, 10-11:30 am NY time (8:30-10 pm Friday India time):

Guests include:

• Naresh Fernandes, editor of Time Out Mumbai, and co-editor of "Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai."
• Roy Wadia, Mumbai-based media consultant and former CNN International executive producer, whose relatives were at Leopold Cafe when it was attacked and didn't reach home until 3 am. His contact: rwadia[at]mindspring.com and +91 98205 28007
• Ari Goldman, Columbia Journalism School professor and long-time NYT religion columnist, who has taken American students to Mumbai twice and had met the rabbis - alg18[at]columbia.edu
• Udayan Tripathi, a freshman at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, will reflect on the city he used to live in, the Mumbai in which he "first spoke, stepped, and stumbled." Read his piece for the campus paper, "On Bombay from Georgetown." (see SAJAforum's collection of essays worth reading: http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-essays.html)
• Salil Tripathi, Udayan's father, is a London-based journalist and expert on South Asia.
  Read his piece for FEER, "Bombay Burning." (see SAJAforum's collection of essays worth reading: http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-essays.html) - salil61[at]googlemail.com
• Mira Kamdar, Asia Society fellow and author, "Planet India" - mirakamdar[at]gmail.com
  PLUS MANY, MANY OTHERS.
  
  Hosts: Deepti Hajela, AP Newswoman and former SAJA president, Aparita Bhandari, Toronto-based freelancer and SAJA Board member &  Sree Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia Journalism School & WNBC-TV technology reporter
  
  LISTEN to recording by hitting play above or here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/28/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai-5

===> Recording of Webcast #4: Nov. 27, 10-11:30 pm NY time (8:30-10 am Friday India time)

Guests include:

• Vaihayasi Daniel, Mumbai-based journalist for Rediff (originally for Baltimore)
• Rabbi Yisroel Deren, the Chabad shliach (emissary) in Connecticut and has many relatives and friends who serve in the same role as the Jewish family in Mumbai held hostage at Chabad House/Nariman House.
• Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin, spokesman for the Chabad/Lubavitch sect (which runs the Chabad House under siege)  - zshmotkin[at]chabad.org
• Ari Goldman, Columbia Journalism School professor and long-time NYT religion columnist, who has taken American students to Mumbai twice
• Valerie Demont, partner, Baker & McKenzie and member of the law firm's India practice - expert on U.S-India business and trade trends.
• Tracey Jackson, American filmmaker who has made India-themed movies: "The Guru" (writer); "The Other End of the Line" (writer) and "Lucky Ducks" (director and writer - was booked to spend three weeks in the Mumbai Oberoi this December.
• Anosh Irani, Mumbai-born Canadian novelist and playwright
• Anantha, blogger on UberDesi.com.
  
  Hosts: Deepti Hajela, AP Newswoman and former SAJA president, Aparita Bhandari, Toronto-based freelancer and SAJA Board member &  Sree Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia Journalism School & WNBC-TV technology reporter

Listen live, 10-11:30 pm Thursday: Webcast #4

===> Recording of Webcast #3: Nov. 27, 10-11:30 am NY time (8:30-10 pm Thursday India time):

Guests include:

• Matthew Schneeberger, Mumbai-based journo for Rediff
• Satveer Chaudhary, State Senator in Minnesota
• Aseem Chhabra, SAJA board member - just landed in JFK from India
• Benjamin Piven, former Fulbright Scholar in Mumbai, currently a student at Columbia Journalism School
• Haysi Daniel, Mumbai-based journalist for Rediff (originally for Baltimore)

Hosts: Aparita Bhandari, Toronto-based freelancer and SAJA board member, Lajwanti Khemlani, NJ-based freelancer & Sree Sreenivasan of SAJA board and Columbia Journalism School

Listen by hitting play above or clicking here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/27/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai-3

===> Recording of Webcast #2: Nov. 26, 10-11:30 pm NY time (8:30-10 am Thursday India time):

Nisid Hajari, foreign editor, Newsweek
Benjamin Piven, former Fulbright Scholar in Mumbai, currently a student at Columbia Journalism Schoo
Suketu Mehta, author, "Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found"
Mira Kamdar, Asia Society fellow and author, "Planet India"
Anirudh Bhattacharyya, senior US editor, India's Network 18 (CNN-IBN and CNBC-India)
Bundeep Singh Rangar, visitor to Mumbai who was staying nearby at Grand Hyatt (see CBC report about him)
Hosts: Aparita Bhandari & Sree Sreenivasan

Listen by hitting play above or clicking here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/27/Mumbai-attacks-webcast-2

===> Recording of webcast #1: Nov. 26, 3-4 pm NY time (1:30-2:30 am India time):

Suketu Mehta, author, "Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found"
Madhu Bhatia Jha, US correspondent, Star News - an Indian network
Smriti Mundhra, NYC-based filmmaker, calling from Mumbai, five blocks from attacks
Host: Sree Sreenivasan

Listen by hitting play above or clicking here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/11/26/Terrorist-attacks-in-Mumbai

Please post any info you have in the comments section.

Just one of the dozens of e-mails we got early in the coverage, directly from Mumbai - Smriti Mundhra is a NYC-based filmmaker there for work.

2:03 PM, New York time:
From: Smriti Mundhra
To: Sree Sreenivasan <ss221[at]columbia.edu>        

It's total chaos over here. Army and Navy have been called in to assist police. The attackers are everywhere - in hotels, on the streets, in vans. They are firing indiscriminately.

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Comments

[Anup Kaphle]

I'm following a twitter feed here:

http://twitter.com/DDeeps

cheers,

[anantha]

Live images from IBN-Live.

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/video_streaming.php

[Chikodi Chima]

3 Killed, 25 Injured in Mumbai Attacks Near Hotels, Station according to Bloomberg.

[Balu Pulipaka]

For live reports from NDTV 24x7

[Balu Pulipaka]

For live reports from NDTV 24x7

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video_live.aspx?id=0

[Balu Pulipaka]

Live Images from NDTV

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video_live.aspx?id=0

[Gulu Ezekiel]

news channels are reporting "terrorists take over mumbai". every 10 minutes a new target is being attacked--stations, hotels, hospitals, movie halls. main attack at taj and oberoi hotels where "british and american" guests are being hostage taken by terrorists being described as "fedayeen".

[umber desi]

There is a live feed at NDTV as well, there have been blasts at Vile parle and Mazgaon as well.

[Jaya Kamlani]

UPDATE on CNN on terrorist attacks in Mumbai:

11 people dead. More than 26 injured.
Oberoi Hotel and Taj Palace hotel attacked. Shots fired in the lobby.
Attacks at a popular foreigner-visited restaurant.
Attacks at a train station.
Attacks by the Mumbai airport.

People have been advised by the authorities to stay off the streets, and stay indoors.

Jaya Kamlani

[Joe Jackson]

CNN/IBN reporting that the Army has been called in to assist police in Mumbai.

[Jaya Kamlani]

UPDATE on CNN on terrorist attacks in Mumbai:

11 people dead. More than 26 injured.
Oberoi Hotel and Taj Palace hotel attacked. Shots fired in the lobby.
Attacks at a popular foreigner-visited restaurant.
Attacks at a train station.
Attacks by the Mumbai airport.

People have been advised by the authorities to stay off the streets, and stay indoors.

Jaya Kamlani

[Kathiravan]

From Hindu , 16 dead and 50 injured.

[mayank bubna]

i barely escaped the shootout at VT station. south mumbai is the new mogadishu. two friends of mine who were celebrating their 25th anniversary are being held hostage in oberoi.
police have claimed terrorist attacks, and some claims to gang warfare. the former seems more likely. some terrorists alleged to have escaped in a van with number plate: MH 01 BA 5179.
ongoing firing at taj and oberoi hotels among other places. as of now, 9 places under attack. few more in line in north mumbai.

[sapna]

see NDTV: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video_live.aspx?id=0

am calling my family and friends there one by one, getting reports . my cousin i just spoke to (2 pm EST) said commandos just about to enter Oberoi, attacks and terror still ongoing.

what craziness. and the ramifications of this are going to be insanely disgusting.

[Andrew Humphrey]

First sent at 1:25pm ET, Wed, 11/26/08:

Full Article Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm

Several hurt in Mumbai shootings

A series of shootings in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has left at least 20 people wounded, police say.

One report said two people had been killed. Police said they appeared to be terrorist attacks.

One officer said people had been injured when a gunman opened fire in a train station and at a restaurant popular with tourists.

Shootings were also reported in other parts of the city near two five star hotels and a hospital.

At least two blasts, thought to be grenade attacks, were also reported.

Sajjad Karim, an MEP for the North West of England who is in Mumbai, told the BBC he had seen a gunman opening fire in the lobby of Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

He said...

Full Article Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm

Andrew Humphrey, CBM
WDIV-TV, Detroit
http://www.andrewhumphrey.com

[anantha]

Reports of a hijacked police van being driven around by perps. Firing reported from similar looking fan at two different places.

[Kathiravan]

Very sad, TIMES OF INDIA reports 80 dead and 250 injured.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_strike_Mumbai_80_dead_many_hurt/articleshow/3761410.cms

[sapna]

there was just another blast at the Old Taj, the whole thing is surrounded by smoke as I type this.

and 2 terrorists just been shot dead by the police.

[Gulu Ezekiel]

two terrorists have been killed by police while fleeing by car. explosions rocking the hotels, two britishers who escaped are being interviewed

[Balu Pulipaka]

NDTV reporting quoting a Times of India reporter from inside the Taj hotel that there is no electricity inside and they could hear gunfire.
NDTV also reports that about 15 people are being held hostage.
A British businessman interviewed on NDTV reported that he saw two men, around 25 yrs of age with guns. They entered one of the restaurants and as they herded the guests asked for people holding British and US passports.

[iFaqeer]

Sadly, one thing we all have is flashbacks:

http://blog.ifaqeer.com/search?q=mumbai
[Read from the bottom up...]

[Jaya Kamlani]

Reports: 16 killed in Mumbai shootings
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting

MUMBAI, India – Gunmen targeted luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing 16 people and wounding 90, officials and media reports said.

The Press Trust of India said at least 16 people were killed in the attacks that began late Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning. (**CNN updated that figure to 40 killed, according to the Chief Minister of India). Johnny Joseph, chief secretary for Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said 90 people had been injured, but refused to say how many had died.

A.N. Roy, a senior police officer, said police continued to battle the gunmen. "The terrorists have used automatic weapons and in some places grenades have been lobbed, the encounters are still going on and we are trying to overpower them," Roy said.

Gunmen opened fire on two of the city's best known Luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal and the Oberoi. They also attacked the crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in southern Mumbai and Leopold's restaurant, a Mumbai landmark.

The gunmen also attacked police headquarters in south Mumbai, the area where most of the attacks took place. "We are under fire, there is shooting at the gate," said constable A. Shetti by phone from police headquarters.

Sajjad Karim told Britain's Press Association news agency that he and several other lawmakers were barricaded inside the Taj Mahal Hotel. At the Oberoi, police officer P.I. Patil said shots had been fired inside and the hotel had been cordoned off.

***NOTE: The Feds in America have also issued a warning this morning to stay away from New York City subways during these holidays because of an Al Qaida alert they received targeting NYC subways. I would like to add to stay away from the busy malls too on this Black Friday, following Thanskgiving Day.

Jaya Kamlani

[Kara Gavin]

The latest from the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122772417126260231.html
and CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/india.attacks/index.html

[Filmiholic]

Peter Griffin and Co. are doing their usual good work at the Mumbai Help site:

http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/

[Jaya Kamlani]

Correction:

I had typed in the latest number killed in parenthesis as "(**CNN updated that figure to 40 killed, according to the Chief Minister of India)"

It should read as "40 killed, according to the Chief Minister of Mumbai".

I typed in the one-liner so fast without checking for my typo errors.

Jaya Kamlani