I saw on television a picture more awesome than the familiar mushroom cloud of nuclear explosion. The mountain had turned white. I wondered how much pain had been felt by
One more nuclear test. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif given tumultuous welcome in Lahore. Addresses rally. Newborn named Atom Khan.
The BJP´s nuclear misad venture is proving in comparably costlier than earlier imagined. After the worst-ever buffeting at the Conference on Disarmament, P-5 meeting and Security Council,
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY, BOMBAY, 30 MAY, 1998
After the recent round of nuclear explosions, a top nuclear scientist reportedly said that until the tests Indians had to read their
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI, 14 MAY 1998
India's bomb tests are morally shameful and politically foolish. Any act which legitimises or promotes the production or deployment of
Antonin Artaud could not have done better. The timing was so immaculate and surreal.
Celebrating the 50th year of our independence, Atal Behari Vajpayee erased in one stroke the legacy
The nuclear nightmare has come true. Taunted, jeered, and threatened by BJP India until it could resist no more, Pakistan too has gone nuclear. Understandably, as of the time of
It is the summer of 2004 – along and typically sweltering summer in the Subcontinent. A summer made even more unbearable by the inability of Asia's newest nuclear powers
THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA, 16 MAY 1998
What caused India to test five nuclear devices and why at this time? The government and its spokesmen have made three claims. One, that
Dear Pakistanis,
THE NEWS ON SUNDAY, LAHORE, 14 JUNE 1998
I am sickened – sickened to my stomach – at the sight of these jubilant faces ´celebrating´ Pakistan´s nuclear tests. These
A speck in the teeth,
a mote in the eyes,
a thorn stuck in the feet,
take the sleep from my eyes,
my peace of mind.
The death of a
