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Nity writes from Chennai… Yesterday we had a very successful gathering at Nochhikuppam, the oldest fishing hamlet in Chennai, on the eve of the Bhopal disaster. The public meeting was markedly devoid of long speeches. Everything about Bhopal and its relevance today was conveyed to the audience, largely children and women from the fishing hamlet,…

A few weeks ago bhopal.net introduced the game ‘Dow lobby watch’, wherein readers are invited to spot the words of Dow lobbyists dribbling from the mouths of compliant Indian officials. The game has gone one step further this week with news that a department of Ghandi Medical College, Bhopal has gone and done a NEERI.…

*Press Statement* *Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmchari Sangh* *Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha* *Bhopal Group for Information & Action* November 14, 2007, Bhopal – Children of Bhopal whose health has been impaired due to poisons from Union Carbide today observed “Children’s Day” with a demonstration at the residence of the Principal Secretary,…

“The one entity that has no culpability in the matter is Dow Chemicals that agreed to take over UC in 2001, under the impression that the matter was closed.” So ends the commentary of Laveesh Bhandari, published in the Indian Express this week, the most disingenuous piece of sophistry yet to emerge from the Prime…

The eponymous narrator of Animal’s People, a survivor of the chemical ‘apokalis’ that has blighted his city, and a self-disgusted opportunist akin in shamelessness to Diderot’s immense rogue Rameau’s Nephew, delivers us “a story sung by an ulcer”, a singular, haranguing monologue that refuses to indulge, grabbing the gentle reader by the throat and shaking…

Click picture for high res version The opening speech The Multinational Anthem: “Hindustan gulam, kampani ko salaam” Photos of the event English & Hindi press coverage & here. 11 August, 2007. New Delhi — In a dramatised ceremony, spiced with satire, Bhopal survivors’organisations posturing as “Dalal Foundation” gave away Mir Zafar awards for treachery to…

Some 186 prosecution witnesses have been examined so far in the ongoing criminal proceedings in Bhopal, and more than 3000 documents have been presented as exhibits. Read proceedings from the August 4, 2007 hearing here.

Seems like satire but it’s Real Life *Press invitation* Date: 11.00am, 11 August, 2007. Venue: Triveni Kala Sangam, Conference Hall, 205. Tansen Marg (opp. FICCI auditorium), New Delhi – 110001 Mir Zafar’s name has come to mean “traitor,” despite the fact that he is not the only turn-coat, and possibly not the most deserving either.…

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INVITATION The Bhopal Gas Disaster of 1984 was not an accident. It was the result of systematic neglect by the Government and industry. Twenty-three years after this disaster, no lessons have been learnt. The environment, workers and communities living next to the industries face the same threats that caused the Bhopal Gas Disaster. The neglect…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, March 17, 2007 Five Bhopali hunger strikers – Rashida Bee, Rachna Dhingra, Jabbar Khan, Guddi Bee, and Shehzadi Bee – were forcibly arrested by two truckloads of policemen at 7am today in Bhopal, India. The Bhopal District Collector, Mr. B.K. Mishra, admitted to issuing the orders to remove the hunger strikers…

Bhopal.net 2014 Editor’s Note: The recording mentioned is no longer available. Here is a recording of last night’s meeting between the hunger strikers, the Superintendent District Magistrate and the Additional District Magistrate who had come bearing a letter from the Chief Minister and his “government”.

Bhopal, 12:00pm (noon), March 17th, 2007 We have just received news that the phones of the Collector and the CM have been turned off. So we need to call the police and bombard them with as many phone calls as we can. They are the ones who violently picked up the hunger strikers and are…