It has been five years since a series of seven blasts went off on commuter trains across Mumbai, killing 187, injuring more than 800 and rattling India's Maximum City. Three years ago, we featured one of the survivors of those horrific blasts Mahendra Pitale. Now, 37, Pitale educated at the LS Raheja School of Art continues to work on glass sculptures and is still single. We feature his story from our files once again as a salute to the spirit of India's great survivors and to heroic Mumbai.
Mumbai: That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 37-year-old sculptor almost certainly would have been killed when the bomb exploded.
Mumbai: That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 37-year-old sculptor almost certainly would have been killed when the bomb exploded.
On July 11, 2006, Pitale was on his way to work when a series of seven blasts went off on commuter trains across Mumbai. The bombings, which India blamed on Muslim militants, killed 187 people and injured more than 800.
Image: Mahendra Pitale, 34, travels to work in a local train in Mumbai in this 2008 file photo. Pitale, right, lost his left arm on July 11, 2006 while he was on his way to work when a series of seven blasts went off on commuter trains across Mumbai. The bombings, which India blamed on Muslim militants, killed 187 people and injured more than 800.
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