India's 9/11?

BAGnewsNotes had an interesting piece up over the weekend on 'Mumbai And The Visual Legacy Of 9/11':

In a number of news stories, there have been references (by media or by the Indians themselves) to the attacks in Mumbai as "India's 9/11."

If a terror attack's number of deaths and injuries have been the primary determinant of severity, it seems more likely the Mumbai event will acquire distinction for its geographic footprint as well as its maddeningly long duration.

Beyond those two attributes, however, either of which can diminish in static images and two-dimensional space, I believe the distinction of the Mumbai attack could well be its resonance -- in the individual scenes -- with the imagery of 9/11.

The comparisons are certainly striking but personally I can't stand the implication that September 11 2001 was Year Zero for terrorist attacks.

Full article and more photographs here.