Nuclear/CTBT Debate: Japan and India Achin Vanaik In no country in the world is popular sentiment against nuclear weapons and weaponisation as deep and widespread as it is in Japan, Unfortunately,...
Nuclear Notebook
The End-Game in Geneva New Delhi Works against Its Own Treaty Praful Bidwai It is totally illegitimate to disconnect New Delhi's external and domestic discourses and support or acquiesce in the...
at home; he does the daily marketing sales round. Of course, he travels without ticket; he cannot afford to buy one. They all know him on the Bongaon- Sealdah line; and they are all kind to him...
both the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Leftists will breathe down its neck. On the other hand, since the leftover reserves barely equal two-and-a-half- months' imports, the metaphorical...
outlay will go to augment the expenditure intended to keep these forces in a happy frame of mind. This will however imply that correspondingly less will be available for purposes of economic...
Gorbachev's Delusion Achin Vanaik Despite the lacunae in the INF treaty its significance, which is essentially political, does not diminish. Gorbachev has been willing to accept that it is not...
The Dr Strangelove Factor Achin Vanaik To counter the proposition that horizontal nuclear proliferation heightens the probability of accidental nuclear assault, the pro-bomb lobby is putting forward...
integrated whole, natural calamities taking place in one corner of the country are no concern either of the other parts or of the government at the centre; it is the government of the state where...
American Hegemony in Pacific Achin Vanaik American dominance in the Pacific is such, that US naval strategic thinking has been offensive rather than defensive and there is a strong temptation for...
and a public issue of Rs 5 crore, both at par. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, holding the number two position among the nationalised banks, made a record profit of Rs 24 crore in 1986 against Rs 6.75 crore...
To Trust or Not to Trust Achin Vanaik NOT a week passes without some major newspaper in the country calling attention to the secret Pakistan preparations of a nuclear bomb and an appropriately high...
E P Thompson's Clones Praful Bidwai GOING by some recent developments, it should be evident that we are witnessing the emergence of a new tendency in the country which is deeply concerned about...
in Bangladesh, they may be bank agents on bicycles. They may with advantage seek the help and guidance of the local planning authorities, of the local administration and of the panchayats. But in...
A Clever Game Achin Vanaik THE Ministry of External Affairs along with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) organised a seminar on peace on November 21 and 22 at the India...
