"Better late than never," said Shahnawaz Hussain of the opposition BJP. Other reactions poured in as well, most welcoming the death sentence, some calling for introspection.
For the survivors of the attack and the relatives of those killed, it was a closure of sorts.
As K. Unnikrishnan, the father of the late NSG commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, put it: "... it is a step in the right direction. But a lot has to be done before perpetrators of the Mumbai attack are brought to justice (in Pakistan)."
