The online samaritan who tried to help Mumbai
Abhishek Mande in Mumbai Abhishek Mande speaks to Delhi-based Nitin Sagar whose twitter/google spreadsheet went viral with offers to help those affected by the blasts in Mumbai Like many of us, New Delhi-based Nitin Sagar was at work when he heard about the blasts in Mumbai on Wednesday. Within the next few minutes, Sagar's Twitter timeline saw a dozen tweets about it fly past. This was minutes after the blasts happened and just about the time when the BREAKING NEWS was being flashed across every news channel worth its salt. As news stories grew louder and more serious, Sagar, a 26-year-old IIT grad, grew worried. His first thoughts went out to the friends he had in Mumbai. Before the phone lines went down he managed to contact a few and was assured of their safety. As the trickle of #mumbaibombblast tweets had grown into a raging torrent, with people praying and offering help to those stranded, a second thought raced through his mind.