Two explosions in quick succession in Mumbai on August 25, 2003, are estimated to have killed about 48innocent civilians. One of these explosions took place near the Gateway of India in the vicinity of the TajHotel, a five-star hotel, which attracts many affluent foreign tourists from the world of business, from theWest as well as the Gulf. Many middle class families of the Gulf, who cannot afford a vacation in the West andhence prefer to come to India, also often prefer to stay in this hotel. The second explosion took placein the Zaveri Bazaar, an area with a concentration of jewellers, many of them Gujaratis.