Well, that’s what happened in Bhopal anyway. Read more at the vu-point blog: The Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to re-examine the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has recommended that the Central Government dole out an additional compensation worth Rs 1,500 crore to the victims. Where will this Rs 1500 crore come from

Debby went into Old Delhi recently with a college students with an NGO in order to learn more about the children who live there. Strangely, she found that the students laden with their latest model cameras were the real story on her trip. Read on: People volunteer for many reasons.

Same American establishment that has protected Anderson has been pillorying Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, following BP’s oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The tirade has been led by President Barack Obama, who has been behaving like a spoiled child for the past 50 or so days, casting around for someone to blame when it is his own officials who are primarily at fault.  In Delhi, politicians and media have been in a frenzy over the Bhopal gas leak following a court judgement last Monday that eight Indian former Union Carbide executives should serve two-year prison sentences and be fined about $2,000 (subject to appeals that could take years).     In neither case are the main political players really focussing on the primary issues says   John Elliott

  here ’s a recent (well, nearly a month old) article by Sanjeev Sanyal arguing for better integration of universities with urban communities in India. Sanyal’s argument is that walling off the campus (as the IITs and IIMs do) causes them to have no impact on their surroundings: to benefit the city, the university system must be integrated into it.

Julia researched the life of renowned artist Amrita Shergill from pre-Independence days in Summer Hill, Shimla. She has a beautiful write-up with pictures: The search for Amrita Shergill’s (1913 – 1941) home called The Holme took me around Summer Hill, Shimla many times before I found the house that belonged to her family.