Word: bhopal
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...join a 24-hour hunger strike. As the protesters use loudspeakers to relay pro-Tibet speeches, a couple of cops stroll by, ogling the rosy-cheeked Tibetan girls. Police and protesters share mutual disdain. "They hate us," laughs Rachna Dhingra, an activist with the International Campaign for Justice for Bhopal, which has been camping here since March to demand legal action against the corporation responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, which killed more than 3,000 people. "We're making the police earn their keep," Dhingra says. Life at Jantar Mantar isn't much fun, she admits. Public toilets...
...Outsiders might view the cacophony of complaints at Jantar Mantar as a metaphor for India's vital civil society, where even the loneliest petitioners are entitled to a soapbox. But many in the Jantar Mantar crowd are not so sanguine. Dhingra, the Bhopal protester, says that having this space is better than nothing, but sees Jantar Mantar as a symptom of flawed democracy. "You must scream within these 500 meters," she says. "And even then, you can't be sure you'll be heard...
...hour hunger strike. A bunch of cops stroll by, eyeing rosy-cheeked Tibetan girls, who studiously ignore them. Disdain for the cops is a common theme among the demonstrators at Jantar Mantar. "They hate us," laughs Rachna Dhingra, an activist with the International Campaign for Justice for Bhopal, which has been camping here since March to demand legal action against the corporations responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. "We're making the police earn their keep." Day-to-day life at Jantar Mantar is not much fun, she says. The public toilets are filthy, and the only available showers...
...Shetty in effigy, and now plan to lodge a complaint against Shetty with the police. "How much can you degrade yourself because you are being paid money to make an appearance?" asked Sumit Mishra, of the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist BJP party in the state of Bhopal. As a foreigner, said Mishra, Gere could be excused. "We are not bothered about how many times he kisses how many women in Hollywood. We are troubled with Shilpa's behavior. When the man was being outrageously indecent before a large gathering, why did she keep giggling?" Mishra railed...
Farmer Brown may be my neighbor, but when she uses chemicals, she perpetuates global tragedies like Bhopal and local tragedies like contaminated wells. When she uses glyphosate, she fouls our air, our water and our land, and she helps fund bioengineering monsters that crush small farmers like her. It's great to eat local and organic food. But let's also evaluate food-production costs so we can encourage sustainability. Mama Earth needs all the help we can give her. Sherry Luna, Patagonia, Ariz...