A Week At the Taj
A Week At the Taj
Bruce Hanna
My memoirs of surviving the Mumbai Attacks 26 November 2008.. I tell my story over 10 podcasts. Please do share these stories - it's important that we never forget.
1. Introduction
Introduction to my series of Podcasts about my survival of the Mumbai Attacks.
Jan 16, 2021
1 min
2. A Week at the Taj : Remembering
Introduction : Remembering the impact and the numbers who died in the Mumbai Attacks
Jan 16, 2021
1 min
3. An Ordinary Week at the Taj in Kolkata and Mumbai
My memoirs of surviving the Mumbai Attacks.  This podcast covers the immediate days before the attacks on the 26th November 2006.  Why was I there and how everything seems just like an ordinary week living and working in India.
Jan 16, 2021
10 min
4. Arriving at the Taj Palace Hotel, Mumbai
Day before the Mumbai attacks - just like any other business trip.   
Jan 16, 2021
8 min
5. THE ATTACK - Part 1
9 40pm and the terrorists enter the hotel ... BANG BANG BANG
Jan 16, 2021
5 min
6. THE ATTACK - Part 2
From 10pm through to 2am - the early hours of the attack : from gunfire and explosions to quietness and then the silence was broken...
Jan 16, 2021
13 min
7. THE ATTACK - Part 3
From 2am to 8 45am - the most difficult hours.
Jan 16, 2021
20 min
8. The Rescue
I thought this one would have been easier to produce - it's about how I was rescued - but it reminded me of the detail, the hard work by fiends and family to keep me focused and of course the brave Taj security souls and the NSG Commandos who risked their lives for mine. 
Jan 16, 2021
22 min
9. Self Permission & Return to India?
This episode describes how I felt as I flew out of Mumbai and I looked down on the city which was still being burning.   It also describes how I started my recovery and basic questions I needed answers on - should I talk about my experiences? When I go home to Northern Ireland should I return to India again?
Jan 16, 2021
7 min
10. Returning to the Taj Palace
The last of my podcasts - concludes my memoirs of The Attacks.  I did return to the Taj Hotel within a few months for a one night stay.  What was it like to return?  I tell how I felt and how ultimately I found it to be so healing. 
Nov 29, 2020
7 min