Thursday, June 4, 1998
Press for total disarmament
Pakistan has carried out two more tests, bringing the claimed total to more than what India has done in 24 years. The increase in tension and rhetoric between Pakistan and India since the surprise test of the Ghauri intermediate range ballistic missile in early April has been palpable. Pakistan claims that its nuclear weapons can be mounted on the Ghauri missile, while many Indian experts agonise over problems of miniaturisation of nuclear warheads to fit them in ballistic missiles!
The discovery of Rekha
Rekha is a common Indian name. Perhaps the oldest reference to the word is in the Ramayana — the Lakshman Rekha, the line Sita was not to cross. In the event, she did, and the rest, as we all know, is history. Of course, here I'm talking about the name Rekha and not lines and circles. That's stuff for kids in geometry class.
Hunt for the yellow cake
Jaduguda. It is from the depths of this arid tribal belt that India's nuclear programme had its beginning. And still gets sustenance. Located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of east Bihar, Jaduguda is the principal -- and almost only -- source of Uranium in India, giving it complete independence in nuclear fuel fabrication for its 10 existing nuclear reactors.
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