26 and counting..

We are back to the last month of the year.

Another year of the new millennium is about to make way for the next.

And once more we will be told about what happened 26 years ago in the capital of the state at the center of India.

The grief, the pain, the suffering, the accusations, the pleas for 'justice', the 'hope' never ceases to end.

The saga continues !

Many were delighted when last month Obama hinted at his willingness to support India's candidature for the 'coveted' permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council. These people claimed that the moment of India has arrived and has been acknowledged by the United States at last.

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 !