How to Cite: Sabitha, S., & Saha, S. (2022). A study on post literature: 26/11 Mumbai attack. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S2), 7486–7492. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS2.6730 International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022. Manuscript submitted: 27 Feb 2022, Manuscript revised: 09 March 2022, Accepted for publication: 18 April 2022 7486 A study on post literature: 26/11 Mumbai attack Ms. Sabitha Research Scholar, Department of English and Foreign languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, India Corresponding author email: sabithaselvaraj@gmail.com Dr. Sukanya Saha Assistant Professor, Department of English and Foreign languages, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, India Email: sukanyap@srmist.edu.in Abstract---9/11 attack in the U.S. has procured worldwide heed towards it. The superpower nation was subjected to terror attacks and experienced the irreparable loss of innocent lives. The attack consequently ends up in an influx of literary works later it is entitled to be 9/11 Literature. Similarly, in India, the 2008 Mumbai attack (also known as the 26/11 attack) shattered the lives of the people. The entire nation collapsed out of the terror attack. The bomb blast and the shootout took place in nine renowned locations in Mumbai and devoured the lives of 174 people. Gradually literary works emerged to portray the cruelty of the 2008 Mumbai attack. The paper intends to list out the works of the different genres on the 26/11 attack. The focus falls on the analysis and the review of the post literature on the 26/11 attack. Further, the paper spotlights the effects of such works on society. Keywords---post literature, Mumbai, terrorism, India. Introduction India faces the cross broader terrorism for the past few decades. It has the historic influence from the historical event of India -the Pakistan partition in the year 1947. From then onwards, geographical disputes lasted between the nations. The terror attack took place numerous times in Mumbai. The list of attacks: On the 12th mark of 1993, a bomb blast annihilated 13 locations in Mumbai, 28 August 1997 at Jama Masjid, 24 January 1998 at Malad, 27 February 1998 at Virar and in the years 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2011. Likewise, the terror attacks in Mumbai have been marking its cruelty for more than a decade. This