My Vote Counts   Bhopal Gas Tragedy

revised and updated

When disaster struck on the night of 3rd December 1984, it took a sleeping Bhopal by surprise – it woke thousands to their death, maimed thousands more for life. But the poison gas that poured out of the Union Carbide factory was also a wake-up call to the world, demanding the question: How could such an accident happen? 
          The second book in the In Focus series, this is the story of that horrific night and its aftermath. Based on detailed research, it examines the causes, gives a background and traces the fallout – scientific, medical, legal and, most importantly, human – of the world’s worst-ever industrial disaster. In the process, it highlights several issues: the responsibilities of science and technology, concerns towards safety, human rights and attitudes of the powerful. 
48 pages, 10.5" x 8.5", black and white, soft cover, for 14 years and above
Rs 80.00 (within India)     US$ 6.50 (outside India)  
English ISBN 81-86895-84-1                    reviews

"This story has a starting point, but unfolds as a continuing saga because Bhopal is not one single event that happened and is past. Eighteen years later, Bhopal is still happening. If, by the end of this story, I can show the reader that a human disaster is never inexplicable, or divinely ordained, or simply the result of ill luck; that the human side of a tragedy is not an unalterable, given condition; that every tragedy can be understood, analysed and prevented from recurring — then this story would have been well worth told." Suroopa Mukherjee