A 'bitter' new year's eve at The Gateway of India

Although not as popular as the Times Square in New York, the Gateway of India has been renowned as the new year's celebration point in India for the past so many years. The magnificent fireworks and the delightful crowd makes the new year's eve an evening to remember. The evening of 31st December 2009 was a bit different.

This can be considered as a disastrous 26/11 aftermath or the insecurity in the people after increasing tensions between India and its rival neighbor, the crowds seemed to be scattered and the charm of the evening went missing. The cops at the place were fully equipped to face any kind of mishap. The molestation incident that took place at the Gateway of India some time back could have been other reason for such tight security.


The scene at Juhu beach was no different. The vendors at the beach claimed that they had never seen such small crowds on new year's eve at the beach. For some time after 12 o clock, the place returned to its majestic best as the fire crackers and celebrations made everyone forget the tragedy for a while.