Anderson, the villain of Union Carbide, his death was announced yesterday, a month after he died. According to everyone he is the killer of thousands of gas victims of Bhopal. But I somehow don’t agree with that assessment.
He came to india 4 days after the gas leak, and came to Bhopal, was whisked away again back to USA. Some things are puzzling. Why did he come here, when he knew he would be arrested ? No sane person would do that. And why did he come to india ? A murderer runs away from the scene of crime, does not come back to inspect the damage.
There is a rumour, something I read somewhere, that he had come to see the effect of the cheap pesticides , the effect caught the Americans by surprise. They were used to spending a lot of money on nukes, which cost a bomb, but such cheap pesticides could cause worse deaths, so the rumour goes that the Americans sent Anderson to india, to study the effects of the gas firsthand and report, so that if feasible, more such destructive chemicals could be made for warfare.
After all , nukes are made to kill and cause maximum damage to human life. And it they can be made so cheaply, then why not make more. And this was a free human trial, even though by error, and was not deliberate, but an accident.
But things got out of hand, and so the Indian government got him out fast, to keep good relations with America, who treated us later worse than cockroaches, and gave a pittiance for the deaths.i wonder what if this happened in America, and the company was Indian, what would have been the American reaction ?
Tommorow , if a 1000 people die in a train accident or a plane accident, will the ministers concerned be deemed killers , just as Anderson was considered? For politics , people can go to any lengths. Athe fault lied with the local administration of Bhopal who are supposed to check the safety of the plants, the inspectors of the Government, who are responsible for the licences, and check if all is in order, not the person sittings 10000 miles away.
Those officials aer the true murderers, who took bribes, to close their eyes to the shoddy state of affairs at the Union Carbide, and who allowed the plant to function when It was in a rotten condition. Along with the Union Carbide, action should have been taken on those Indian officials too. But no one says anything to them, and poor Anderson had to spend the last 30 years hiding from even the American public as I read today.
I feel sorry for him, it was not his fault, he was just the servant of the factory, not the boss. And bosses want profit from least investments, as is the case everywhere, why blame him alone.
At least , now let the poor man rest in peace. RIP
A truck overturned in Bareilly, carrying Beer. A party soon started at the site, word spreading fast.people came with bottles, buckets, to have their fill literally.
Just imagine if a egg truck too had overturned along with this one, it would have been an omlette and egg party eh !
And don’t think just poor people came. Even the rich in their cars came, filled cartons and went away. When u know u wont be caught, even the top guys commit crimes eh !
And what a rowdy party this one can be, I am sure the scene must be hilarious, each one fighting to get their share of the tipple.As it is there is water shortage in villages, and beer being good for hair, makes it soft, I suppose the ladies could have beer bath, while men could drink it. HAHA
The black money of swiss has had many interesting fallouts. A joke that came in is as follows
A rich businessman was getting dreams of a dark lady in black saree every night.
One day he summoned courage to ask her who she is
The lady said, “ I am goddess Laxmi”
The man said “ But u are supposed to be fair, and wearing white saree and gold ornaments !
Laxmi said – “ Son , I am your black money, and I have come from Switzerland !!!!!
Well now I realize all my friends are broke, for not one of them figured in the list of account holders released by the Finance Minister. And I thought all my friends aer rich eh ! they just talk big. That Burman chap, of Dabur, has just 50 crores in the swiss account, that is chicken feed really.
And I am sure a lot of people would want to have their name on that list, for it would increase their prestige, just as an income tax raid a few decades back used to, people would wonder, in awe that this fellow is rich and we did not know that he was fit enough for a raid eh ! So after an income tax raid, many families used to be looked up in awe, and their sons were lifted in the higher bracket, getting good dowries , for now they were deemed rich suddenly.
So I now must change my friends to a richer category. Or make friends who have been raided once at least , HAHA.
A man is known by the company he keeps, and my company is not good, all kadkas really.
Have a great weekend, ladies and gentlemen, and may the lady in black come in yr dreams, and if u don’t like her, send her over to me will u ?
KAMAL MAHTANI
: A surgeon goes to return some books borrowed from the library...
The librarian quips after checking the books.....
"Sir your books are always returned with the last page missing in every book..."
The surgeon replies...
"I can't stop myself from removing an appendix when ever I see one,
be it in a person or a book.
Man: My wife treats me as if I’m a dog...
Psychologist: Does she abuse you? Hit you? Starve you ?
Man: No, she wants me to be Faithful…!!
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Friends are like gas in the ass.
Some are loud, some are silent, some are boisterous,
some are noisy.
But whatever they are, they bring a lot of relief.
Here and There
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