"One of the most positive developments for any country is when they have increased their capacity to coordinate and respond to disasters in humanitarian affairs. We as an evolved race need to work towards saving human lives and reduce human suffering. As Justice delayed is justice denied."
Year 1984 when most Indians were still celebrating the historic victory in World Cup cricket, the worst chemical disaster was just about to happen.
Union Carbide is the company that had helped build the first atomic bomb. It started its operations in Bhopal plant in 1970 with a motto - working to build a better future. It was in a business of making pesticide with MIC- one of the most dangerous chemicals known to man! This time in the business of making time bomb!!!!! And little grease for the cog of democracy viz home-grown corruption!!! The disaster that shook the world and torn the fabric of our culture that teaches us to welcome all and trust all left some 15,000 killed and more than half a million injured. To this day, Union Carbide has not apologized for the tragedy. It wound up paying some $470 million in compensation that actually amounts to a mere $2,000 per victim!!!! It still has not paid a single cent to almost 470,000 people who were affected because they were not included in the settlement, signed in 1989 and overseen by the Supreme Court of India!!!! Brutal facts, aftermath that caused more outrage abd pain and left many questions unanswered.. justice delayed, justice didn't not prevail to its apogee!
Kal Penn, Martin Sheen and Rajpal Yadav shine, good editing and facts-based true story with well-fitted fictionalized elements make the flow a plain sailing.. even though movie can not really do a justice to the severity of the issue, it is a Must watch ..
Union Carbide is the company that had helped build the first atomic bomb. It started its operations in Bhopal plant in 1970 with a motto - working to build a better future. It was in a business of making pesticide with MIC- one of the most dangerous chemicals known to man! This time in the business of making time bomb!!!!! And little grease for the cog of democracy viz home-grown corruption!!! The disaster that shook the world and torn the fabric of our culture that teaches us to welcome all and trust all left some 15,000 killed and more than half a million injured. To this day, Union Carbide has not apologized for the tragedy. It wound up paying some $470 million in compensation that actually amounts to a mere $2,000 per victim!!!! It still has not paid a single cent to almost 470,000 people who were affected because they were not included in the settlement, signed in 1989 and overseen by the Supreme Court of India!!!! Brutal facts, aftermath that caused more outrage abd pain and left many questions unanswered.. justice delayed, justice didn't not prevail to its apogee!
Kal Penn, Martin Sheen and Rajpal Yadav shine, good editing and facts-based true story with well-fitted fictionalized elements make the flow a plain sailing.. even though movie can not really do a justice to the severity of the issue, it is a Must watch ..