Saturday 18 February 2012

A sketch and a request

I have a sketch today for Paint Party Friday. 



No...this is neither a WIP nor is the baby sleeping nor have I forgotten to sketch the eyes. The baby has no eyes. This is how a lot of babies born to victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984 and Agent Orange during the Vietnam War look like. Some don't have eyes, some have severe physical deformities to the extent of looking grotesque. Even today some babies are born with multiple heads, limbs protruding from various parts of the body and a large number have mental disabilities. And all this is years after the actual disasters- one claimed to be an accident and one a strategy of war. 

And the sad part is the parties responsible for these unpardonable acts are washing off their hands the whole thing. Union Carbide, through whose plant the leak at Bhopal happened has since been taken over by Dow Chemicals (Incidentally Dow was one of the manufacturers of Agent Orange too) Dow has been refusing to take responsibility for the plight of the Bhopal victims and their children. They are also going a step further and trying to clean their image by sponsoring the Paralympics 2012. 

The Paralympic games need funds and such big sponsors are hard to get. But, the world must know the truth about Dow Chemicals. 

I would request you all to read this online petition here and sign it if you think you support it. Thank you!

Don't we want the world to be full of cute babies like this?


12 comments:

  1. I am so glad you explained, but it also made me very sad. Happy PPF and enjoy the weekend, Annette x

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  2. How horrible! So long ago and still this is happening! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  3. Terrible news. I will support the petition. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. A beautiful sketch to illustrate such a tragic event in the history of the Indian people.

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  5. I had no idea there was still such medical devastation being caused by the Bhopal gas leak. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. It's criminal how companies are able to dodge responsibility for their negligence.

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  6. Oooh, such a moving post and piece of art! I did not know that - thank you for sharing this and the link! xo

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  7. Great post, lovely sketches. Our world is full of injustices.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  8. Adorable sketch. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  9. Great post and thanks for the heads up.This sketch or sketches are truly beautiful.

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  10. amazing post .. was moved...

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