Bhopal @ 25+

This post is not about Bhopal. Its not even about the fact that its been more than 25 years since the day Bhopal got its name registered in the record books. It is about looking beyond the obvious questions surrounding the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. But why I am discussing about Gas Tragedy today? It is not even 3rd December, its July now. So what exactly has happened now?

The answer is: nothing exactly has happened now(verdict of the Bhopal court is too trivial to discuss).

I am discussing about Bhopal because Bhopal is not something for which our minds need to be "refreshed" only on 3rd December. It is something which should shake our soul atleast once every day even if it is for the briefest moment possible.

To think that its been more than 9356 days(more than the number of days I have been on Earth) since the disaster, and that pain has still not subsided is truly convulsing for me.

I will not talk of justice because I don't believe in the logic of Justice in this context. What is Justice? What is the meaning of Justice when lives have been lost. Can anything be "just" when lives are being lost year after year?

The pain lingers on !

The Un-met Hopes

It was billed as the football for hope 2010. After all for the first time, Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup Football was being organised in Africa. However it didn't turn out to be "the hope" for many of the players hoping to make a mark amongst the deafening sounds of Vuvuzela. Lets pay homage to those who went there with some hope ( or no hope)but whose hopes were left shattered and bruised.

The "Pawar" factor

The world continues to amaze us all or rather I should say the administrators continue to amaze us all. Year after year we keep coming across events which catch everybody's attention due to all the wrong reasons The recent rejection of candidature of John Howard for the post of the president of the international cricket council was one such event.