On Twitter, prayers and anguish for Mumbai

Lata Mangeshkar: "hamare ghar mein koi bhi aata hai aur hamla karke chala jata hai,humare bhai,behen ghayal hote hai, kai jaanein bhi jaati hai,ye aakhir kab tak chalega?main sach me bahot udaas hogayi hun....ab hume is aantankvaad ki jadein ukhaad ke phekne ki zaroorat hai.. "

Shah Rukh Khan: En route india and mumbai...I am devastated and saddened by the loss in my city. May Allah bless us..want to be there as quickly as possible

Amitabh Bachchan has been tweeting about the Mumbai blasts since last evening and this is what he has to say, "T 432 - The bombs did not just drop from the skies ! A human, like one of us put it. One of us who breathed and lived in Indian air. Get him!"

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted again this morning: "T 432 -prayers ! And more prayers ! Is that all we can ever do in situations like this .. ? Feel helpless and frustrated ...!"

Amitabh Bachchan was shocked at the news: Bomb blasts in Mumbai .. !! God ! I hope people are safe !!

Priyanka Chopra: "i wish i was back in my city to share this grief.. MUMBAI MERI JAAN..!!!!!"

"why do we have to always accept this terrorism..why r we always told to move on.. I WONT STAND FOR TERROR ANYMORE..and i WILL NOT FORGET!"

"im so saddened by whats happened in mumbai.. my heart wrenches at the though of what the families of the victims r going thru..its so wrong."

Hema Malini, who joined Twitter yesterday: "Cant believe Mumbai has to face this again. I am so sad. Please be careful everyone.."

Condolences to precious lives lost & speedy recovery to the seriously injured. What a disgusting act of cowardice!:(:( :(

AbhishekBachchan: Hope and pray that you people are safe.

Bipasha Basu: "In d garb of resilience v keep forgetting incidents lke this again n again! Its sad as no one is ever punished!Loss of life has become a joke!" She further tweeted: We keep condemning acts of terrorism and that's where the story ends every time and repeats again!It's a shame!

Shahid Kapoor: 3 blasts in mumbai .. Please head home !!!!!

Mallika Sherawat: "i started usin twitter after the 08 attacks to feel closer 2home whn i was away frm MotherIndia. my prayers4 all those effected :-( Jai Hind."

Dia Mirza: "Mumbai moves on not because it is resilient, but because Mumbai has no choice. Everyone HAS to go back to WORK."

Rahul Bose: Now is not the time to lash out at imagined perpetrators. terror tht begets irrational anger's successful terror. stick together, stay sane.

Gul Panag woke up to the news in Toronto.

Southern actress Hansika said: Ghosh few mins bck I crossed dadar ... Shooting for okok in mumbai some where 100kms away .gawd ! Shaken ... Every1 be careful !!!!!!!

Raveena Tandon-Thadani: OH GOD! When will this carnage in the world stop! When will human beings stop killing Humanity!When will there be peace in this world?? !

Anupam Kher: Anger, frustration and helplessness is NOT the answer. Hanging the terrorists already convicted is. Prayers for all.

Shekhar Kapur: "just landed in NY to get terrible news of Mumbai blasts. When innocents die, who do u blame?"

Farhan Akhtar: Cowards strike again! Condolences to all who have lost someone dear. To the rest, please do not panic. Get home safe.

Riteish Deshmukh: Shocked to hear the news of the Blasts - Prayers for all who have suffered. And Be safe and stay home.

Genelia D'Souza: Jst heard bout d blasts, terribly upset,pls head home if ul r out, be safe.

Sonam Kapoor: Hope everyone is safe in mumbai. Stay home and stay safe.

Preity Zinta: My heart goes out2 all the families dat have suffered losses. How many times r v supposed 2 bleed & how many times r v supposed to forget?

Lara Dutta: Sad to see this city go through this again and again!! Also sad to see that people have resigned themselves to dealing with this!

Celina Jaitly: Is the life of Indian citizens So expendable & CHEAP that we constantly are victims of bomb blasts like some seasonal sale ?

Koena Mitra: Cowards strike again ! blasts again? Its so upsetting,, be safe guys !! try to stay at home and help the khaki do their work for a change!

Gaurav Kapur: Don't know who I'm more mad at. The spineless cowards who do this. Or the spineless cowards in power who let them get away with it!

Ranvir Shorey: We've been here before, Mumbai. Let not these murderers win, by reacting without any chaos. Let's get back with more calm & efficiency.”

Bhagyashree: Mumbai Blasts. Is it an act of terrorism or a tact by some to remove focus from other major issues! My heart goes out to the innocent targetted.

Poonam Dhillon: It's a shame Human beings can do this to other human beings! Evil People will rot in hell!!! I do believe only cursing government won't help

Arjun Rampal: Mumbai attacked once again by cowards? Can't understand, if New York and London can make sure it doesn't happen again then why can't we?