bhopal talk at ut austin sai
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BHOPAL’S STRUGGLEOF MEMORY AGAINST
FORGETTING
Parvathy Prem
October 23rd 2014
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“[One] little boy was running back and forth on the field even when no race was on […]
Jamila Bi brought her wheelchair-bound 11-year-old grandson Amaan to take part.
"Today these children are participating, in spite of what Union Carbide did to them," Bi
told AP. "We are happy that they will walk. Those people will see that in spite of what
they did these children are still participating." - RT
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“One of the competitions was called "the crab walk": three children who were unable to
stand propelled themselves down the 25-meter racecourse with their hands.” - RT
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“"I was thinking 'If there hadn't been this tragedy, then so many would not be born like
this'," she said.” - RT
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“On November 29, 2004, an email comes in to DowEthics.com: BBC World Television
wants a Dow representative to discuss the company's position on the 1984 Bhopal
tragedy on this, its 20th anniversary.
Knowing Dow's history of gross negligence on this matter, we think it unlikely they will
send a representative themselves - and if they do, he or she will likely only reiterate the
old nonsense yet again, which will be depressing for all concerned and certainly won't
help get press for the issue in the US. Yes, we'd better just do their PR for them.”
– The Yes Men
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“Just four hours before the world's worst industrial disaster took place,
Inayat Mohammad had gifted his wife Bano Bee a sari. The 45-year-old
man died that very night, perishing in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak. And
his widow, now 60, has not worn the sari till date.
That same night, Bismillah Bee had run madly, with her three-year-old
son in her arms, fleeing the gas leakage. Badly affected by the fumes,
she was told Sajjad is under treatment. Only after 40 days did she
come to know that her son had died in her lap.
Bano Bee's sari, Sajjad's sweater and pants, the walking stick of one
Hafiza Bee's husband, an army medal, a bridal dress, a mangal sutra,
wooden legs, bangles, milk bottle, spectacles and a pencil box will be
kept in India's first People's Museum being developed in Bhopal.”
- ZeeNews, ‘Bhopal gas tragedy feeds a people’s museum’
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‘Kochworld’ – Reporting by Melissa del Bosque and Jen Reel for the Texas Observer
in Oct 2012, on oil refineries in Corpus Christi, TX.
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