Book Review | ‘Perfect Storm’ Chronicles 26/11: A Pacy Thriller That Goes Beyond The Attack

‘Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11’ by Prabhakar Aloka and Nikhil Ravi is both expansive in its scope and ambitious in its attempt to chronicle the event.

The 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, targeted everything from Mumbai’s heritage pride, the Taj Hotel, to its bustling lifeline, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. The sheer scale and brutality of the attacks made 26/11 a date that never ceases to fade from public memory.

Over the years, numerous attempts have been made to document this tragedy across various mediums. These range from documentaries like City Under Siege (2012), directed by Matthew Hinchcliffe, to films such as The Attacks of 26/11 by Ram Gopal Varma, and web series like Mumbai Diaries 26/11, directed by Nikhil Advani.

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Several books have also tried to capture this dastardly act, notably The Siege: The Attack on the Taj by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, and Let Me Say It Now by the former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Rakesh Maria, who led the investigation and interrogated Ajmal Kasab.

In this vast and evolving body of work, a valuable addition has been made through a new book titled Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11 by Prabhakar Aloka and Nikhil Ravi. The book is both expansive in its scope and ambitious in its attempt to chronicle the event. Drawing on Aloka’s nearly three decades of experience in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), where he played an important role in leading........

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