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Harish Iyer Harish Iyer, an Indian national, is an online activist who set up in the wake of the [Terror in Bombay (Mumbai) on 26 November 2008]. On 26-11-2008 terrorists had stormed into 3 of the most prominent hotels that was a house to many foreign nationals, "Taj", "Oberoi" and the "Trident". They stay put in the hotel for 3 days, ranging a horrendous battle with the police and killing innocent inhabitants of the hotel. Harish calls his blog a "Virtual Helpline" through this space he was able to reach-out to relatives of foreign nationals who were trapped inside the hotel. He called up the hotel's helpline numbers and updated the blog regularly during the 3 day siege. He also mentioned his mobile number on the blog so that worried relatives could reach him directly. References: ---- 1. CNN 2. Mumbai Terror Helpline Blog 3. KCBS Radio 4. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col§ioninternational&xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November2139.xml Khaleej Times (29 November 2008)] 5. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col§ioninternational&xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November2139.xml Khaleej Times (follow up article 12 december 2008)] 6. Mumbai Mirror 7. The Times Of India 8. The Times Of India, Pune City Edition 9. [http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/11/28/bpr.mumbai.blogger.iyer.cnn?iref=videosearch CNN Video] 
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