Zakaria: It does appear from the outside -- many people are wondering why there weren't more commandos there earlier, why they didn't storm the hotel with hundreds of them to overwhelm them, why they didn't use teargas. Are these questions being asked in India?
Tata: Yes, they are. They're being asked by us. We were told that their instructions were to minimize the collateral damage to the property. But that's a question mark, because much of the property went up in flames and was allowed to flare -- for all of you who watched it on television have seen that happen.
But I think, you know, something I want to say is that, rather than have us succumb to this kind of terror, what it has done is, I think, given us a resolve that nobody can do this to us. It has united us in the Taj.
The staff has been fantastic. The spirit of the staff -- you know, we lost -- the general manager lost his whole family in one of the fires in the building. And I went up to him today, and I told him how sorry I was.
And he said, Sir, you know, we're going to beat this. We're going to build this Taj back into what it was. We're standing with you. We will build this thing back. We will not let this event take us down.
And that, I think, is the feeling that they have. And I have a feeling that that's pretty much echoed throughout the country. We're indignant, but we're not scared. If there's a view that has pulled us down, I think it'll unite the country that much more.
Image: Hotel Taj. | Photograph: Getty Images
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