On 26/11, Amitabh Bachchan Says "Terror Mustn't Be Allowed To...": Report

No single act of terror should be given the power to destroy the "interconnectedness of our stories" and "our plural solidarities", actor Amitabh Bachchan wrote in the Indian Express on the 13th anniversary of the 60-hour terror siege of Mumbai

Recalling the "the dark night that stretched over three long days", superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said the 26/11 terror strike has had a long afterlife and gotten entangled with the "tumultuous history that still weighs down the subcontinent".

No single act of terror should be given the power to destroy the "interconnectedness of our stories" and "our plural solidarities", Mr Bachchan wrote in the Indian Express on the 13th anniversary of the 60-hour terror siege of Mumbai in which 166 people were killed when 10 terrorists from Pakistan sneaked into the city from the sea route.

Mr Bachchan, one of India's most influential celebrities, said India acted with "remarkable sobriety and restraint" in the aftermath of the strike.

"Despite immense pressure, it did not give in to the temptation of military retaliation against Pakistan - even as the capture of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab and the revelations of David Headley stripped Pakistan's military-ISI establishment of the alibi of non-state actors beyond its control, and left it no fig leaf."