In another couple of hours the city would come back to life as another Thursday dawns. However this Thursday is like no other the city has ever seen.

Schools, colleges, and other establishments are closed for the day, as announced by the Government.

There is no news if other government institutions will follow suit.

Corporate India should be on track to open for business as usual, especially the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. This would be in line with what happened after the March 12, 1993 bombings. This is more as an act of defiance and not cowing down to terrorist threat and to allow life to go on as normal even in these extraneous times.