The Anderson escape and all related matters of the Bhopal tragedy have to be seen as part of our slavish mentality which lacks the courage of conviction to stand up to our "superiors" in public interest. It is shameful that persons in positions of authority often conduct themselves as saleable and purchasable, spineless entities in the existing system. Truth has to come out, asserts Hari Jaisingh.

A case under various sections of IPC was registered against then Union Carbide Corporation chairman Warren Anderson and several functionaries of the company for causing immense loss to human and cattle life. But it has not been handled with due care. There are so many disturbing aspects of the whole episode, reports N D Sharma from Bhopal.

The test of a firm's success lies in its efficiency. That means quite a lot, much more than a simple one-line statement. But it is better to start with a set of important facts relating to whatever happended or did not happen in the process of the Bhopal gas tragedy and other directly and indirectly related matters, argues Prof. Kumaresh Chakravarty.

Despite the Union Carbide Corporation being criminally liable for the Bhopal catastrophe, the government, though being the sole representative of the victims, colluded with the UCC and compromised the interests of the affected people.

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