On the streets at the time, the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai left one feeling that the city would never be the same. India would not be the same. 

Mourners paint artwork on a kilometer-long wall of tribute dedicated to the victims of the attacks.

A common mood sloshed through every alley, a rising, indignant anger: enough was enough, something needed to change. Commentators called the attacks India’s 9/11: a time when the world stopped still, shocked at the horrors of humanity.

I’ve always believed the 9/11 analogy was not entirely correct. Unlike the U.S., India has had a long history of terrorism, random attacks engineered by a variety of adversaries and carried out by often faceless operatives.

In 2008 itself there were attacks in the cities of Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Guwahati, and more. But what was truly ominous about comparing the Mumbai attacks to New York’s in 2001 was the expectation of a comparable government response.

A few days after the attacks I went with a CNN crew to a protest rally in Mumbai. Tens of thousands of Mumbaikars attended, venting their anger. Some of it was against politicians; most of it was against Pakistan. The mob was made up of young college students and professionals. Emboldened by their numbers, they demanded action. “Galli galli mein shor hai, Pakistan chor hai!” they shouted, roughly translating to: On every street, people are crying: Pakistan is a rogue country! On televisions, countless pundits insisted that this was India’s 9/11. And they expected a matching response from the government – against Pakistan.

Indian investigators have since laid out a mountain of evidence showing the attackers came from across the border, from the Pakistani province of Punjab. But it wasn’t clear who the anger in India was directed at: the Pakistan government and its inability (or in the protestors’ minds, unwillingness, or worse) to rein in the terrorists, or whether it was directed at the terrorists themselves who happened to be Pakistani. But there is no doubt that much diplomatic ire has been directed at Islamabad for failing to crack down on militants suspected of attacks in India. Finally today, one year later, Pakistan has charged seven men over the Mumbai attacks; they allegedly belong to the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba militant group.

A year on, where does India stand?

Given the immense internal pressure, it’s a marvel that the government rejected the notion of a military response. Elections were afoot; there was political mileage to be made. And yet by and large the public hysteria died down after a while. But India is right in pushing Pakistan to get its house in order.

Here’s a 9/11 analogy that works better: the main two hotels under attack in Mumbai – the Oberoi and the Taj – were symbolically the twin towers of Mumbai’s upper-class fabric.

But in 2009, the real terror story in India has been playing out far away from the corridors of finance, glitz, and glamor. Maoist rebels today operate in 223 districts, spread out across one-third of the country. The area is called the ‘Red Corridor’, where the rebels, known as Naxalites, routinely attack symbols of power. They orchestrate bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and massacres. The South Asia Terrorism Portal’s data shows these rebels have been responsible for 800+ civilians deaths so far this year – more than four times as many as those killed in the Mumbai attacks.

One year on, perhaps the greatest lesson to take away from the Mumbai attacks is this: defeat or victory can't be gauged by the success of a terror attack; it is determined by the response. In the end, India reacted responsibly to Mumbai – by pushing for investigations and justice, and by avoiding a reckless military response. It's important to recognize that combatting terrorism - be it from an internal or external source - requires a more nuanced approach than just fighting fire with fire.

Daoud Sediqi is the former presenter of 'Afghan Star,' his country's version of the 'Pop Idol' TV talent show.

Send your questions for Daoud Sediqi.

Having been the show's host for its first four seasons, he is one of the most recognized names in the Afghani media.

A British documentary film about 'Afghan Star' has won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S..

The talent show and documentary have turned Mr Sediqi into an overnight celebrity. But his new-found fame has also brought him numerous death threats.

The Taliban and its followers do not agree with the cultural values of the show - which sees women dancing and singing, and promotes popular culture and democracy.

Since traveling to the U.S. to promote the documentary, Sediqi has chosen not to return to Afghanistan, and rumors suggest that he is attempting to apply for asylum in the U.S.

Send your questions for Sediqi below and we'll put the best of them to him on Monday's show.

In this Internet age, the playground has gone digital; and with it, the bullies.

Facebook has been urged to take action.

Now a senior British police officer responsible for preventing online bullying claims the world's biggest social networking sites are failing to combat abuse.

Jim Gamble, head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) Center, said Facebook and MySpace, which between them have more than 500 million users, could work harder to stamp out bullying.

He wants the sites to follow the example of Bebo, which has adopted an initiative whereby children who fear they are at risk can press a panic button. This allows users to report online abuse, bullying and illegal activity.

But will the button really make a difference, or will it induce panic rather than preventing it?

And will it deter children from taking their problems to the adults in their life, thinking they can combat the problems alone?

We want to know if you think the initiative is a step in the right direction, and how you'd like to see social networking sites beat bullying online.

Post your comments below and we’ll include the best ones in tonight’s show.

Time to think laterally, it's time for the Connect The World Six Degrees challenge.

What links Jenson Button to Hu Jintao?( Photos: AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Here’s how to play: We choose two people in the news this week and ask you to connect them through the six steps.

This week we want you to link Chinese President Hu Jintao to Formula 1 champion Jenson Button.

Need some inspiration? Check out this effort by last week's winner Sonja Osterwalder from Switzerland.

She connected singer Dolly Parton and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and here's how:

- In the 1980s Dolly Parton sang a duet on television with Oprah Winfrey...

– Whilst for her O-Magazine, Winfrey interviewed CNN's Christiane Amanpour...

– The Chief International Correspondent once attended a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall by Eric Clapton...

– Clapton had a short affair with the current French First Lady Carla Bruni...

– Bruni is now married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy...

– Who last week rekindled the flame of the unknown soldier in Paris, alongside Angela Merkel.

Leave your submissions for this week's challenge in the comments section below, and the team will pick the most creative connection, and we'll announce the winner on Friday's show.

Remember: you need five other people between those two: no more, no less. If you want your friends to take the challenge as well, then click the “share post” button below. To see previous challenges, click here. Happy connecting!

U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from the rest of the world's top economic powers acknowledged Sunday that there is no hope of a major breakthrough over climate change by the end of the year.

Are world leaders taking climate change seriously?

This bleak acknowledgment followed comments from Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen at the APEC summit in Singapore that next month's conference in Copenhagen is no longer likely to yield a major accord to battle global warming.

Kumi Naidoo, the new International Executive Director of Greenpeace, told CNN that climate talks have so far been strangled by "short-term expediency, election cycles and national parochialism."

He said politicians need to realize that this is not a business negotiation because “nature does not negotiate.”

He added: “From Florida to Bangladesh one in 10 people live within a meter of sea level. The ice-caps are melting and it seems inevitable that all of those people will have to defend or abandon their homes this century.”

Read Naidoo's column for CNN

According to Mike Froman, White House deputy national security adviser, President Obama made a surprise appearance at a breakfast devoted to climate change at the APEC summit and told other leaders it's important for at least some progress to be made next month.

But Naidoo insists we need a deal now before it really is too late.

Do you have any confidence that the world’s leaders are united in their desire to secure meaningful agreements on climate change?

Post your comments below and we’ll include the best ones in tonight’s show.

The noble art of boxing is making a comeback in schools across Britain, according to a leading British newspaper.

Would you let your child put on gloves?

Despite being labeled as too dangerous by politicians and experts in the past, the number of schools with boxing on the curriculum has jumped from 20 four years ago to 1,931 this year, the Guardian said.

And with articulate Londoner David Haye becoming Britain’s first heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis in 2004, boxing's profile among young people is sure to rise further.

Britain’s Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell admitted that she had all but written off boxing as too dangerous to be considered as a mainstream sport over a decade ago. "I was public health minister and the British Medical Association quite regularly at that time called for boxing to be banned," she told the Guardian.

However she pointed to a marked improvement in the sport's safety record and the fact it is now ranked below disciplines such as gymnastics and horse riding on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ list of most dangerous sports.

Do you regard boxing as a sport and would you encourage your child to enter the ring?

Let us know what you think  and we'll include the best comments on tonight's show.

Heralded as the "hottest artist on the classical music planet" by the New York Times, 27-year-old Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world.

Lang Lang has been winning piano competitions since the age of five.

The Chinese child prodigy started playing piano at the age of three, won his first competition aged five, and today aged 27, he is on Time Magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Lang Lang has made it his mission to share classical music around the world, with an emphasis on training children through outreach programs. Following his performance at the opening of Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games, he became a symbol of the youth and future of China. This status has inspired over 35 million Chinese children to learn to play classical piano – a phenomenon popularly referred to as "the Lang Lang effect."

Lang Lang is not, however, everyone's cup of tea. There are those who find his flashy image and demonstrative performing styles at odds with the world of classical music. But Lang Lang is not concerned about that. His mission is to spread a love of music and popularize classical works.

On Monday, Lang Lang is appearing on Connect the World to answer your questions, but also to talk about his experience being filmed for CNN by the “Revealed” series. On this half-hour show Lang Lang travels from the U.S. to China and Switzerland, mixing classical music with jazz, and enthusing music lovers everywhere.

Send your questions for Lang Lang  - IN MANDARIN OR ENGLISH - and we’ll put the best of them to him on Monday’s show.

For “Lang Lang Revealed” air times, go to the Revealed Web site.

(CNN) - The leaders of one of the world's most effective jihadist organizations, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), have written a new "code" for jihad.

The new code, a 417-page religious document entitled "Corrective Studies," is the result of more than two years of intense and secret talks between the leaders of the LIFG and Libyan security officials. Read more about the code

The code's most direct challenge to al Qaeda is this: "Jihad has ethics and morals because it is for God. That means it is forbidden to kill women, children, elderly people, priests, messengers, traders and the like. Betrayal is prohibited and it is vital to keep promises and treat prisoners of war in a good way. Standing by those ethics is what distinguishes Muslims' jihad from the wars of other nations."

In essence the new code for jihad is exactly what the West has been waiting for: a credible challenge from within jihadist ranks to al Qaeda's ideology.

CNN's Nic Robertson was given access to the Libyan jail where the code was composed. Read more about Jihad inside Libya's terror jail and Watch a report about the spread of radical Islam in Britain

The code and the fight against radical Islam will be debated in tonight’s Connect the World live chat.

Send your questions and comments to CNN’s Nic Robertson - the debate starts at 1700ET/2200 GMT/2300 CET.

See the Connect Web site  for details on how to join a live online discussion.

London, England (CNN) - 2012, the latest offering from film director and master of disaster Roland Emmerich, opens in theaters this weekend.

Actors John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor pose to promote Emmerich's latest film 2012.

The film foretells the end of the world which according to the Maya calendar – used by the ancient Mesoamerican civilization – is going to happen on December 21, 2012.

The release of 2012 is fuelling fresh doomsday debate on the Internet. The Web site YouTube is hosting many “the end is nigh” videos from doom-mongers. Meanwhile, NASA has sought to calm those of a nervous disposition by posting a video on its Web site assuring them that they will live to see December 22, 2012.

Tonight on Connect the World we'll look at some of the disasters our planet has survived in the past - from the event which wiped out the dinosaurs, to the asteroid that exploded above Tunguska River valley Siberia in 1908. And we'll address the question: Is the Apocalypse coming in 2012?

We want to know what you think. Will 2012 be the end of the world as we know it?

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 heralded the fall of communism in Europe and ultimately the end of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union.

Graffiti is painted on Berlin Wall on West Berlin side while East German and Soviet flags fly on the other side of the East Berlin no-mans-land spiked with anti-tanks traps.

Overnight the world changed. Suddenly the people of eastern Europe were able to travel freely. Many of the former countries of the Soviet bloc eventually joined the European Union and Nato, something that would have been unimaginable before the Wall fell.

While all this has meant the threat of imminent nuclear war in Europe is over, many remain nostalgic for the strict certainties of the old regimes, when a job for life was common despite economic deprivation.  Reunification of Germany has also proved to be easier said than done while many point to resurgent nationalism in the former Soviet bloc as a worrying trend.

We want you to share your memories and to hear your comments. Tell us where you were when the Wall fell. Do you think the world is a better place now? How has it changed and have lessons been learned? We will try to use as many comments as possible on tonight's Connect the World show.