Resilient or Resigned?

The bomb blasts have not been able to throw Mumbai off gear. People were back to work the very next day, in the same local trains. The news channels, newspapers and blogs are repeating the "Resilience of Mumbai" and the "Spirit of Mumbai" mantra over and over again.

One gets the feeling though that a major part of the resilience is because of the rozi roti ka sawaal, the need to transact business because there is no other option. As I wrote in the earlier post, there is every indication that this incident will be forgotten in less than a week. People will go about their business, even those who saw the adjacent train coaches go through.

How and why did the Indians become so numb to the tragedy of terrorism? Many other countries have faced the menace of terrorism and it has gone on to alter their worldview in a very radical manner. Sadly, that is not the case with India. Does that explain why India has been facing terrorism in a consistent manner while this has been a one off incident at most other places?