The attacks in Mumbai personally affect some Columbia residents. Coverage of the terrorist attacks reminds one Indian student a lot of 9/11.

"As New York is important to the US, so is Mumbai to India," Parashar Barve said.

Terrorists targeted the financial capital of India killing more than 150 people and wounding at least 300. Barve's family is there and he said it was tough finding out the news.

"It is much easier to manage a disgruntled situation if you are in India, but it's really more tough to find out about your people when you are so far away from your home," Barve said.

Mumbai is a thriving city and, with attacks like these, some don't think it will ever be the same.

"What worse can one expect after this? It's really terrible and I think the government should do something critical about it," Indian student Amit Kaushal said.

But the Indian community isn't the only group affected. The terrorists killed five hostages in the city's Jewish center.

"The attack on the Jewish center was actually an attack on a religion, not on a nationality, and it makes the attack even more insidious and severe," Beth Shalom rabbi Yossi Feintuch said.

"My people are safe, but the whole country's not," Fenituch said.