25th Anniversary of Bhopal
Posted by Year of India on December 3, 2009
12/3/09: Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster, which Suketu Mehta has described in today's New York Times as an "an epic mess that started one night when a pesticide plant owned by the American chemical giant Union Carbide leaked a cloud of poisonous gas."
"Before the sun rose," Mehta writes, "almost 4,000 human beings capable of love and anguish sank to their knees and did not get up. Half a million more fell ill, many with severely damaged lungs and eyes."
Read Mehta's op-ed about the need for Dow Chemical to take responsibility for the disaster and then post your comments here.
Coverage of the 25th anniversary of Bhopal is available in Mint and the Times of India, among other sources.
Comments (2)
OH crud! i just typed a nice comment and as soon as i submitted it it come up blank! Please tell me it worked properly? I do not want to sumit it again if i do not have to! Either the blog bugged out or i am just stuipd :), the latter doesnt surprise me lol.
Posted by Ryan Grassi | December 29, 2009 10:03 AM
Hi Ryan,
Thank you for taking the time to post. Unfortunately, your comment did not show up. Please do try again if you are able.
Posted by YearofIndia | January 15, 2010 12:07 PM