Last evening as I finally opened the door to my apartment and walked in I had a wave of emotions that suddenly engulfed me. I just had to sit quietly at my dining table with a glass of water and let it all sink in. All that had happened in the last 2 hours of my life...
It all started as a friend and I , after our phone batteries went flat decided to walk into a 4 start hotel in a crowded locality, to request the help of the concierge to call us a taxi. As we waited and chit chatted with the man behind the counter, a huge cry for for help caught our ears...and before we knew it we saw close to 50 people, mostly hotel guests running with panic stricken towards us...there were shouts and it seemed the whole atmosphere had suddenly turned a battle ground...
All I remember from that moment onwards were just two words...as my friend held my hand tight and grabbed me : "Sreya RUN"...and I did. No questions. No looking back. As we ran, with so many others, screaming...
What happened next turned a lot of things that I had taken for granted on its head...like the whole notion of safety...
Was I safe?
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