Dow Chemicals Sponsoring some part of Olympics. So What???

Dow Chemicals Sponsoring some part of Olympics. So What???

As Superstar Rajnikant says in one of his movies, "We Indians will die if we don't keep talking".

So true!

Today, I happened to watch a full half-hour of prime time dedicated to why India should raise its voice and express our reservations against Dow Chemicals - Apparently, they are sponsoring some part of the London Olympics. Ahem ... ... ...

Oh! A few years back, they took over some company which in turn happened to own the erstwhile Union Carbide. So ... ... ...?

Now they're responsible for the Bhopal Tragedy. What was that? Oh - the one that happened in 1984. The Gas Leak matter.

Oops! I'm amazed and am perhaps too dumb. Can't get it.

If we were to extend the logic, ... ... ... ...

• A Sikh murdered our beloved Indira Gandhi - So, MMS should never be allowed to become the PM
• US Bombed Nagasaki & Hiroshima. So, no US citizen should be allowed to buy Oil from Saudi Arabia and to drive Toyota cars.
• British committed the heinous crimes at Jalianwala Bagh. So, Dhoni & co must not even think of playing the third test. They should pack their bags & return right away.
• Dr. XYZ, due to his negligence, allowed a patient in PQR Hospital to die. After 32 years, PQR hospital was taken over by JKL Hospital. Hence, we must ransack JKL Hospital and boycott all nurses & doctors working there.
• Ram killed Ravana. Therefore, we must not question the logic behind LTTE guys murdering our beloved Rajiv Gandhi.

On the other hand, it is perfectly OK for our own Government of India and all those corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, etc. to loot crores, hundreds of crores and thousands of crores in various scams year after year. The sum involved in any one of those scams could have been more than sufficient to clean up Bhopal. And we could have pursued the matter legally in international courts to bring Dow Chemicals or any other organisation to book.

Simultaneously, we're bothered only about Bhopal. Just because the perpetrator, conveniently, was a "recognised Multinational Corporation". What about all those poor citizens who get killed in road accidents due to poor implementation of traffic laws, poor quality of roads, etc.? What about all those accidents involving train accidents in unmanned level crossings? What about all those thousands of farmer suicides every year due to misguided policy initiatives? Not a word.

Incredible India, indeed!

Regards,

N

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