Why we should run toward Mumbai

This from a New York Time's Op-Ed piece:

But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money, and visit Mumbai more than ever. Dream of making a good home for all Mumbaikars, not just the denizens of $500-a-night hotel rooms. Dream not just of Bollywood stars like Aishwarya Rai or Shah Rukh Khan, but of clean running water, humane mass transit, better toilets, a responsive government. Make a killing not in God’s name but in the stock market, and then turn up the forbidden music and dance; work hard and party harder.
If the rest of the world wants to help, it should run toward the explosion. It should fly to Mumbai, and spend money. Where else are you going to be safe? New York? London? Madrid?
So I’m booking flights to Mumbai. I’m going to go get a beer at the Leopold, stroll over to the Taj for samosas at the Sea Lounge, and watch a Bollywood movie at the Metro. Stimulus doesn’t have to be just economic.

Suketu Mehta

I've always wanted to go to India, and if I had the money, I would go now. Travelling teaches you the paradoxical lesson that nowhere is safe but everywhere is a lot safer than you imagined. Staying at backpackers' hostels you certainly get a biased opinion -- these are people that live, in many cases, just to travel to see the world and get to know its people. And the more obscure or villified the country, the more travellers you meet deny the reports. Venezuela? Be careful, but it's worth the trip. Columbia? Best country to travel in South America. Iran? The nicest and most welcoming people in the world. I'm more cautious than to run toward the explosion, but once the smoke has cleared, and in the wake of cowardly attacks like this, it's our duty to make sure we see the world and understand as much of it as we possibly can.