Exploring Indra Sinha's Animal's People: A Perspective of Eco-criticism

Indra Sinha Animal’s People is the narrative of eco-criticism, war and environmental catastrophe. The novel Animal’s People is the fictional creation of Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984 which made generations to suffer. Animal’s People also talks about the corporate apathy of 1984 Gas Disaster, loopholes of the ruling government. Animal’s People a literary text of environmental concern asks to take care of Mother Nature and pays attention to the worth of clean air and water. Impact of toxic MIC is horrific even after the 40 years of environmental damage, toxicity of MIC still exists at the spot of tragedy and in its vicinity due to toxic MIC leaves became black, trees were drooped, air got loaded with black toxic chemical, people were lost and railway transport stopped. This paper Exploring Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People: A Text of Eco-criticism explores the way the gas tragedy destructed the environment , how the lives were turned upside down overnight , how the Khaufpur city got flooded with dead bodies, none was there to identify them. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is considered as the worst industrial disaster globally. Animal’s People voices out to save the Mother Nature from environmental damage.