We are such a great nation are we not?
Families of 2,823 victims of the 9/11 attacks got 1 million dollars each.
Families of the over 20,000 victims of the Bhopal Gas Leak got 1,250 dollars.
[Figures from Greenpeace]
This post is in no way trying to compare 9/11 and the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. My point is about how we see the value of a life. It is not that the BGT victims couldn't have got more compensation. God knows they should have got more. But we Indians are super ineffectual when it comes to big, important things. All we do is make great speeches....
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