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WATCH: A tribute to Mumbai, 10 years on

By Afsar Dayatar
December 01, 2018

Javed Akhtar's poem dedicated to Mumbai.
Amitabh Bachchan on Oneness.
A unique tribute to mark the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 attacks.
Videos: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com

IMAGE: Dignitaries gather on stage to sing the National Anthem at the Indian Express concert to honour victims of the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks 10 years later. Photograph: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com

The Indian Express hosted a remembrance concert at the Gateway of India on November 26 to mark the tenth anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

It was an evening of soulful music and dance and mercifully short speeches choreographed by theatre director Feroz Abbas Khan.

 

IMAGE: The Navy Band playing Abide With Me. Photograph: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com

The musical presentations were alternated with touching video clips of the survivors. They spoke about what life after 26/11 had been like and how those difficult 10 years had gone by.

Listen to Javed Akhtar's poignant Ode to Bombay

Don't miss Amitabh Bachchan joining a dance tableaux by the Nritarutya Dance Company

Amitabh Bachchan speaks about the importance of Oneness for survival and ends his speech against the beautifully illuminated Gateway of India, by reciting a couplet from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's famous poem Madhushala.

 

Afsar Dayatar in Mumbai

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