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 !
True, there can be no monetisation of human lives. After all even the Indian state doesn't have any right to decide the amount an an indian life costs. After all, can $ 470 million replace the pain that a child had to bear because of loss of his/her parents. Can $470 million enable to grant a woman motherhood who had a miscarriage due to the gas leak and finally lost her fertility.
ReplyDeleteResponsibility is one thing which needs to be fixed before that incident occurs...say a doctor treating a patient....he knows beforehand that he is responsible for the human life he's dealing with and he might be punished in case of an accident. The CEO should be held responsible for any accident due to his corporation even though he's not operating the machines by his own hand.
Presently we have a scenario where the CEO of the culpable organization is being led out of the country by the DC and the SP of the district who should have arrested him. Instead of incentivising and enforcing security measures we are creating a scenario in which big corporations consider can violate the human aspects of their business with impunity...
2 gud....KB...
ReplyDeleteJustice is subjective.... justice becomes a farce when spoken in the context of lives of men and women and children who did not even see the light of day.... but then again its importance cannot be belittled......
ReplyDeletevery stimulating......!!!!