Bhopal memorial for those killed and disabled by the 1984 toxic gas tragedy.
The hindi words on the wall read "Hang Anderson! ". I thought this was a perfect memorial.
"Keshub Mahindra, 6 others get 2-year jail for Bhopal tragedy"
All get bail by evening;verdict after 26 years; no mention of Warren Anderson.
Either things are beyond my head or apparently, India is sinking! I say this for a few reasons-
*"no mention of Warren Anderson"- Where did this Keshub Mahindra come from?? Even the memorial speaks of Warren Anderson! I feel like asking "How much money?"- yes! that is definitely what I feel. Just by making it to the front page, the apparent meaning was for people to understand how important this issue is! But beneath that, there lies another meaning..which I felt as.. "People! Please awaken yourselves!".
*"verdict after 26 years"- Of late, I have come to understand that Tamil cinema(no other industry i am aware of that much) has presented REALITY(Yeah, I definitely meant that Vijaykanth movie where he gives statistics of the number of cases pending!). This isn't delayed-thus-denied justice; this is just USELESS JUSTICE.
*"All get bail by evening" - this sounded like, 'Mr. Mahindra, just make your presence in the district court.It is just a formality.Your are free to go in the evening.' (sounds better na?) - There is just no Justice in India.
*"2-year jail" - This case could have been left untouched instead of such a verdict.Even a criminal would have asked wtf??
If the Mumbai attacks( 26/11/2008) could get justice on 6th May, 2010( Kasab's death sentence), why can't the Bhopal Gas tragedy (1984) call for justice sooner?
Can only a city like Mumbai demand timely justice? Can't Bhopal?
A cry of 3000+ souls has been left unheard?
Can Justice go any worse?
Can people get corrupted any better?
Where is the country which had seen men like The Mahatma, heading towards?
Where is Anderson??
Many more questions are there to be answered.
I am just another Indian;I can only say.Let us hope.
Rate(out of 10) this verdict..Judge the Judgement! Drop in your rating as a comment.
This is injustice.There is no point in judging a useless verdict.Time can heal.Let's wait for justice.After all,"wait" is our national habit.
ReplyDeleteI wud giv a 0 obviously..injustice at its glory! ppl pool in wt u thnk wud hav been a gud judgmnt. I personally thnk Warren shud b givn 25 yrs(life imprisonmnt) at d least an UCC shut down.. but den dis is assuming its UCC's fault an dat their sayng its wrk of a 'disgruntld worker' is false
ReplyDelete@Umesh and Padfoot: Yeah.And even if any worthy judgement is given, i wonder what good it would do?!
ReplyDeleteIs this even a verdict to be classified as just/unjust? It's just a plain show of money-power and deep-rooted corruption. The safety standards were 'Okay'ed by those top guys and am sure there'd be hard evidence showing that. Still they get away so easily... Welcome to the World's Largest Democracy!
ReplyDeletevery poor judgement...This spks volumes about the democracy of India..You have also failed to mention that the union carbide Co has given bold statements saying that the company has totally no part in the Bhopal tragedy!!We are talkin abt HUGE amounts of money here man!Judgement my foot!
ReplyDeleteyup! itz a biiig injustice 2 ppl.. v liv in a democratic nation were ppl hold de supreme power but dis verdict clearly shows dat neither de gov or judgemnt is for de ppl!! itz a clear sign of pure politics an corruption.. wat de hell?? i mean u commit a crime wen ur 40 yrs old an ur askd 2 go 2 jail wen ur 68!!! watz de use of punishing him?? by de tim he steps into prison he ll already be dead!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100608/OPINION/706079878/1103
ReplyDeletedis frm an UAE news ppr.. evn foreigners kno dat de justice itself is an injustice.. wen will our gov officials kno dis???
SHAME ON INDIAN GOVERNMENT!!!