A book with the power to change things

SATHYU SARANGI,
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

Many of you have read Indra's pieces on bhopal.net, the 777 newsletters and scores of campaign material he has produced in the last fourteen years. imagine all of that anger, sadness, laughter, bawdiness, absurdity and flights of power defying imagination in one book - thats Animal's People. It is an intimately gripping story told by 'Animal' a young survivor of the 'apokalis' [apocalypse] in the city of Khaufpur. Everybody calls him Animal because he lopes on his feet and hands due to his bent spine - damage caused by the gases of the apokalis. He lies, cheats, peeps at bathing women, thinks unprintable thoughts, dreams wet dreams, verges on betraying the cause for justice but throughout remains starkly real and immensely lovable. The people around Animal are fellow survivors, activists, American do gooders, musicians, government officials, lumpens and lust objects. Together it is the story of the have-nothings fighting the have-alls and winning. Khaufpur is as close or far from Bhopal as you want it to be but I am sure you will enjoy the retelling of the many campaigns that all of you have been part of and recognise the intricacies of wickedness and resistance in a gassed city. For sure it has the power to make a whole new set of people curious and potentially sympathetic to the ongoing struggle of Bhopal. The book is published in England and available on Amazon UK . Please forward this and encourage friends to buy this brilliant book.