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Perils of the BJP bomb: Jyoti Basu on Pokharan tests in 1998

Perils of the BJP bomb: Jyoti Basu on Pokharan tests in 1998

Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Tests May 11, 2015 at 4:32 pm 0 comments

West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu is one of the world’s most influential revolutionary and Left figures. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader is independent India’s longest-serving Chief Minister. In this article, he takes stock of the profound damage done by the BJP-led Government’s nuclear adventurism and jingoism while calling attention to the nuclear double standards of Western countries led by the United States. “Atomic India”, a special number of the quarterly journal, New Approach, which carries the article was recently released in Calcutta by President K.R. Narayanan.

पोखरण: राष्ट्रीय स्वाभिमान बनाम राइट हैण्ड ड्राईव

पोखरण: राष्ट्रीय स्वाभिमान बनाम राइट हैण्ड ड्राईव

Latest May 11, 2015 at 11:34 am 0 comments

पोखरण परमाणु परीक्षणों का विरोध सिर्फ शान्ति के सरोकार से बल्कि इस देश के लोकतंत्र के लिहाज़ से भी ज़रूरी है. भारत की आर्थिक संप्रभुता और सारे संसाधन बेच खाने वाली पार्टी ने परमाणु टेस्ट कर के सैन्य-राष्ट्रवाद का फर्जी गुब्बारा फुलाया और भारत की राजनीति ने इस दिन एक निर्णायक दक्षिणपंथी राह पकड़ ली. 1998 में ही इस बात को रेखांकित करते हुए अनिल चौधरी जी ने यह लेख लिखा था.

Life near Pokharan: the people of the fallout

Life near Pokharan: the people of the fallout

Latest, Nuclear Tests April 18, 2015 at 2:32 pm 0 comments

In Khetolai, the village closest to the Pokhran nuclear test site, cancer is felling people and cattle. No one cares.

Forty years after nuclear tests, frequent cancer deaths in Pokharan

Forty years after nuclear tests, frequent cancer deaths in Pokharan

Exactly four decades ago, India conducted its first nuclear test in Pokhran. Though villagers have complained that they are suffering from diseases linked to radiation exposure, the authorities say their claims have no scientific basis.