South Asians Against Nukes

An independent platform to raise awareness against the menace of military and civil nuclearisation in India and Pakistan

www.s-asians-against-nukes.org As Pakistani and Indian Citizens we hold our hands of friendship across borders to challenge the nuclear jingoism and war hysteria constantly launched by both our governments

[ Last updated on April 18, 2012 ] This web site was set up [soon after the Nuclear tests conducted by India on May 11, 1998] to bring together information resources for peace and anti-nuclear activists from all over South Asia.

Donate to support our work Archives  2011 | 2010 |2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |1999 | 1998 Resources Join the South Asians Against Nukes Mailing list (many of the articles posted on this site were first posted on the SAAN mailing list) The Nuclear Wargasm [Pakistan] "Mine is Bigger" [India] "Ha! But Mine is Longer" India Pakistan Arms Race and MilitarisationWatch Mailing List A Pakistani woman holds a poster during a peace rally sponsored by a non governmental organization in Multan, Pakistan, on Sunday, June 9, 2002. Tension remains high on the Indian-Pakistan border. (AP Photos/Khalid Tanveer) Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow A video documentary from the Eqbal Ahmad Foundation Produced and directed by Pervez Hoodbhoy; script by Zia Mian (33 Min. / 2001) [A film review by Teresa Joseph] o o o War & Peace / Jang Aur Aman by Anand Patwardhan (165 minutes / Color / 2002) [ A Quicktime Clip from War & Peace / Jang Aur Aman ] Sign Anti-Nuclear Petition A global signature campaign for the immediate, unconditional and unilateral abolition of nuclear weapons. India Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace  Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND) Indian Scientists Against Nuclear Weapons Movement Against Uranium Project (MAUP) Pakistan The Action Committee Against Arms Race (ACAAR) Citizens Peace Committee (Islamabad) Pakistan Peace Coalition An Essay Contest: For South Asian Youth Against the Bomb by AMAN Peace Pals Project (Bombay) A Discussion list called South Asians for Peace: on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/sap To subscribe, email to sap-subscribe@makelist.com BULLETIN BOARD on Anti Nuke Actions on South Asia (1998) (open this image in a new window for a better view) Slogans at Demos by the Movement Against Nuclear Weapons - Delhi No Water, No Jobs, No Problem We have the Bomb! -- Ab Na Hindustan Na Pakistan, Dono Banenge Kabristan ! Kya Chahiya Bole Hum, Na Hindu Bam Na Muslim Bam ! Dil to Hae hi Nahin, Akal bhi Kam, Muh pe Ram, Bagal me Bam ! Placards held by school children at Hiroshima and Nagasaki day demos: We Want To Grow Up Dont Want To Blow Up! _________________ Slogans at the Sit-in in Bombay:   Buddha would not have smiled ! The Fascists smiled ! Only morons smiled ! ________________ Iconography of Hate & War Pictures and images celebrating the N. Bomb and Missiles in Pakistan     o o o o o o o Similar Nuclear Nationalism and false pride in weapons of Mass Destruction in India Support the movement & subscribe to: Anumukti: A Journal for a Nuclear Energy Free India Map of Nuclear Power Reactors in India (and Pakistan) _______________________ If You Love This Planet Terre Nash, 1982, 25 min 50 s This Oscar-winning short film is comprised of a lecture given to students by outspoken nuclear critic, Dr. Helen Caldicott

2012 Bhabha-Nehru dream and our (and their also) Children’s Nightmare by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (13 April 2012) Following Quake in Indonesia PMANE demands immediate halt of work at KKNPP by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (12 April 2012) Jayantha Dhanapala on CTBT - Debate in The Hindu (8 April 2012) India: PMANE Expert Committee On Safety, Feasibility And Alternatives To Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (4 April 2012) India: Petition to Atomic Energy Regulatory Board regarding Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (27 March 2012) India: Seven Day action in Delhi and Nationwide Protests In Support of Anti-Nuclear Struggle In Koodankulam (26 March 2012) India: National Fishworkers’ Forum’s (NFF) open letter to the Prime Minister on the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant (23 March 2012) India: Against repression of a mass movement in Tamil Nadu - statement in solidarity with fellow citizens (22 March 2012) India: No to Government Crackdown at Koodankulam - CNDP Statement by CNDP (20 March 2012) India: Tamil Nadu caves in to nuclear lobby - Alert sounded as repression begins on anti nuclear movement (19 March 2012) Pakistan: Some learned from Fukushima. Did we? by Pervez Hoodbhoy (12 March 2012) Stop Nuclear Energy Pursuit Demands Pakistan Peace Coalition, On First Anniversary of Fukushima by Pakistan Peace Coalition (10 March 2012) India: Statement from Eminent Citizens on Harassment of Anti Nuclear Activists in Koodankulam (5 March 2012) India: Towards a nuclear police state? by Praful Bidwai, 5 March 2012) No more Fukushima, Not in Koodankulam, Nor Anywhere Else Press release and Text of Letter to Prime Minister of India (10 March 2012) CNDP Statement against India’s Denial of Visa to Fukushima Victim by CNDP (9 March 2012) India: Statement from Eminent Citizens on Harassment of Anti Nuclear Activists in Koodankulam (5 March 2012) India: Citizens’ Statement Against Prime Minister’s Malicious Comment on Koodankulam Struggle (27 February 2012) India: Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. Stop Victimising Union Activists by NTUI  (24 February 2012) India: Press Release - People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (10 February 2012) India: Statement against violence on anti-nuclear protesters in Koodankulam by CNDP (3 February 2012) India: PUCL Press statement condemns violence against Kudanakulam nuclear power plant protestors (1 February 2012) Pakistan’s rush for more bombs — why? by Pervez Hoodbhoy (31 January 2012) Reject the Bribery Scheme on Koodankulam nuclear power project by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (15 January 2012) 2011 People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy Expert Team’s Letter to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by PMANE, 30 December 2011  (18 November, 2011) Statement on Circumvention of Supplier’s Liability under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 by CNDP (18 November, 2011) Letter to Australian Prime Minister re Uranium Exports to India (17 November 2011) Tribute to J Sri Raman by CNDP (12 November 2011) India: Low-level nuclear deception by Praful Bidwai (12 November 2011) India: Why Koodankulam is untenable by Suvrat Raju and M. V. Ramana (12 November 2011) Koodankulam: Letter to Government of India’s expert panel from the anti nuclear movement by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy Tuesday (8 November 2011) India: Misinformation campaign by the nuclear establishment Citizen's Statement on Koodankulam (4 November 2011) India: Interview with SP Udayakumar, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy Tehelka Magazine (22 October 2011) The Limits of Safety Analysis: Severe Nuclear Accident Possibilities at the PFBR by Ashwin Kumar , M V Ramana (22 October 2011) Pakistan Peace Coalition expresses concern over leakage incident at KANUPP; demands shutting down of nuclear power plants in Pakistan (21 October 2011) People’s power vs. nuclear power by Praful Bidwai (18 October 2011) Text of Petition to India’s Supreme court challenging constitutional validity of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 (14 October 2011) India: Social movts coalition calls for writing to President for cancellation of Koodankulam Projects - National Alliance of People's Movements (13 October 2011) Cancel the Koodankulam nuclear project: Letter from Japan to the Prime Minister of India (22 September 2011) Peoples Protest against Koodankulam Nuclear Project - News Report (20 September 2011) Field Report on the Koodankulam Struggle by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (13 September 2011) India's murky nuclear power quest by Praful Bidwai (7 September 2011) Pakistan's nuclear bayonet by Pervez Hoodbhoy (August 18, 2011) United body against Nuke plants mooted Villagers from Jaitapur, Chutka, Fatehbad, adopt resolution to take their protests nationwide by Nikhil M Ghanekar (10 August 2011) Invitation to All India Anti-Nuclear Power Convention -10 Aug 2011, New Delhi The 'Hot Run' in Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Coincides with a 'Hot Report' Published in Russia by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (6 July 2011) Nuclear or broke by Praful Bidwai (2 July 2011) People’s Tribunal on the Safety, Viability and Cost Efficiency of Nuclear Energy (19 - 21 May 2011, Mumbai) - Tribunal Blurb and News coverage (23 May 2011) Strange Love The Indian Government has completely smothered the rights of its citizens in the interests of the nuclear industry by Suvrat Raju, MV Ramana (May 18, 2011) Can n-power be safe? by Praful Bidwai (May 7, 2011) Clear and present danger by Praful Bidwai (May 1, 2011) Peace activists in Pakistan and India warn of nuclear danger on 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident: New reports on events in Karachi and New Delhi (April 27, 2011) Statement Against Police firing on Protestors in Jaitapur, Maharashtra (April 19, 2011) Nuclear reality, damaged democracy by Suvrat Raju, M V Ramana (April 18, 2011) India: Uranium Enrichment Plant, Mysore - a public health hazard by N.S. Chakravarthy, S G Vombatkere (April 14, 2011) Are Indian nuclear weapons facilities safe? by Dr. A Gopalakrishnan (April 12, 2011) India: A newsreport on CNDP national convention 'Learning From Fukushima' (April 10, 2011) Japan’s nuclear crisis is a wake-up call for India: Statement by Eminent Citizens (31 March 2011) Rethink Nuclear - Shut Down the Reactors: A Letter to Pakistan’s Atomic Energy Commission by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (March 29, 2011) Fukushima lessons by A.H. Nayyar, M.V. Ramana & Zia Mian (March 27, 2011) Nuclear Industry's Cover-up, Lies and Denial: Beware of the French Nuclear Model by Harsh Kapoor (March 23, 2011) DAFT’s All (Doctorate in Allaying Fears about Technology) by Surendra Gadekar (March 18, 2011) React on reactors by M. V. Ramana, Suvrat Raju (March 17, 2011) A collective death wish fulfilled? by Jawed Naqvi (March 17, 2011) A murky meltdown by Praful Bidwai (17 March 17, 2011) Pakistani civil Society expresses solidarity with Quake-hit Japanese (March 16, 2011) Pakistan Peace Coalition Press Release on Japanese Nuclear Plant Disaster and Lessons for Pakistan and South Asia by Pakistan Peace Coalition (March 16, 2011) Disaster looms at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan: Time for India to Take Note of Dangers of Nuclear power by National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM) (March 13, 2011) Indian Nuclear Group Demands Moratorium on Nuclear Reactor Construction After the Fukushima Disaster in Japan by CNDP (March 12, 2011) When the Dust Settles: A video on the impact of Depleted Uranium Weapons produced by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons and IKV Pax Christi (February 3, 2011) Courting Nuclear Trouble In Maharashtra: Scrap the Jaitapur reactors! by Praful Bidwai (February 1, 2011) Courting Nuclear Disaster in Maharashtra: Why the Jaitapur Project Must Be Scrapped A report by fact finding team [comprising of Praful Bidwai, Bhasha Singh, S P Shukla, Vaishali Patil, Rafeeq Ellias] under the aegis of India's Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (January 2011) Why We Oppose the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project A Letter to the Chief Minister by social activists in Maharashtra (January 17, 2011) The Anti Nuclear Agitation in Jaitapur: A first hand report from a field visit Praful Bidwai speaking at the Press club in Mumbai (January 11, 2011) Miseries continue for nuclear plant displaced by Kajal Iyer Kajal Iyer - CNN-IBN (January 10, 2011) Jaitapur: Repeating Enron Once Again by Prabir Purkayastha (January 9, 2011) Tarapur protest before PM visit report in The Telegraph (4 January 2011) Rethink Jaitapur [Nuclear Power Plant] Editorial, Deccan Herald (January 3 2011) 2010 India: Accidents Sites - radiation, cancer, blindness, tardiness, cover-ups. The lessons from the Kalpakkam nuclear facility by Kunal Majumder (September 11, 2010) Peace Movement’s Submission to India’s Parliament on ’Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010’ by CNDP (June 21, 2010) Civil Liability for Nuclear Claims Bill, 2010: is life cheap in India? by Arjun Makhijani (June 21, 2010) Dangerous nuclear delusion by Praful Bidwai (May 18, 2010) India: Shadow of Bhopal on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 (Nuclear Bill) by Rajeev Dhavan (23 March 2010) Great Nuclear Folly - Scrap Nuclear Liability Bill! - by Praful Bidwai (21 March 2010) Baniya and the bomb by Jawed Naqvi (18 March, 2010) India: NAAM Opposes the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill- by National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM) (24 February, 2010) 2009 ’Objections to the proposed civil nuclear liability [cap] bill’ - CNDP letter to India’s Prime Minister (16 December 2009) India: Who Pays the Price for Uranium Mining? by Moushumi Basu (December 6, 2009) Bhopal Reminder for Nuclear India  by J. Sri Raman (December 5, 2009) India: Our Atom State by Ramachandra Guha (Dec 5, 2009) India: Lessons from Kaiga by Praful Bidwai (December 4, 2009) India: Mass disasters and the recently passed Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill - Resources (20 November 2009) India: environmental impact assessment of nuclear facilities by MV Ramana and Divya Badami Rao (24 October 2009) Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands by Moushumi Basu (Special to CorpWatch, October 7th, 2009) India: Protest against Koodankulam N-plant (A Report in the The Hindu, October 3, 2009) The U.S.-India nuclear deal--one year later by J. Sri Raman (October 1, 2009) India: The case against further N-tests by Praful Bidwai (September 14, 2009) India's Nuclear Fizzle: What Should Pakistan Do? by Pervez Hoodbhoy (September 2, 2009) Spurring nuclear Bhopals? by Praful Bidwai (August 1, 2009) Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink by Zia Mian (July 27, 2009) Pervez Hoodbhoy on The Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program (July 14, 2009 - presentation in New York co-sponsored by LCNP and The Nation) A different perspective on US-India nuclear deal by Dr Peter Custers (May 27, 2009) On the 11th Anniversary of India and Pakistan's Nuclear Tests of May 1998 India - Pakistan: This Madness of Nuclear Weaponsiation Must End - Retired Admiral L Ramdas (speaking in August 1998 at a US university campus) New Routes to Nuclear Disarmament: Going Beyond NPT by Achin Vanaik (April, 18, 2009) President Barrack Obama’s call for a "world without nuclear weapons" Press Release by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) (April 12, 2009) Remove, don't reset, the nuclear button by Jayanta Dhanapala (April, 1, 2009) India's elections and Indo-US nuclear deal by J Sri Raman (26 March 2009) Dr Khan’s new mission? by Zubeida Mustafa (February 11, 2009) Falling prey to deterrence trap by Seemal Rehan (January 4, 2009) Nuclear Free India, Vol.1, Issue 3 (January 2009) 2008 Going MAD: Ten Years of the Bomb in South Asia by Zia Mian and MV Ramana [June 2008] Ten years after India's nuclear tests: A negative balance sheet by Praful Bidwai [May 14, 2008] Ten year after India's nuclear tests: Deeper into the morass by M V Ramana [May 11, 2008] Ten Years of the Bomb by Zia Mian [May 10, 2008] India's Nuclear Anniversary by J Sri Raman [May 10, 2008] India: Nuclear power's Achilles' Heel by Praful Bidwai [May 1, 2008] The nuclear nemesis by Saleem H Ali [April 12, 2008] Leadership Down Under by Deepti Choubey [April 7, 2008] India: Statement of Students Against Nuclear Power  [March 29, 2008] Nagpur Declaration: Third National Convention of CNDP | 1-3 February 2008, Nagpur Pakistan's Nuclear Threat - A state of denial by Pervez Hoodbhoy 2007 Fast Breeder of Expenditure? by JY Suchitra and MV Ramana [October 31, 2007] Derailing a deal by Noam Chomsky [October 8, 2007] An Assessment of the Extent of Projected Global Famine Resulting From Limited, Regional Nuclear War by Ira Helfand [October 3, 2007] India's Nuclear Energy Programme and the 123 Agreement with the United States issued by All India Congress Committee [n.d., 2007] (This is a propaganda booklet giving the official view of India's Congress Party in defence of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal) India is ignoring the cost and polluting capacity of nuclear power by Ashok Mitra [September 28, 2007] Indo-US Nuclear Deal: In Whose Interests? by Aditya Sarkar, Anish Vanaik [September 22, 2007] Project Butter Factory: Henk Slebos and the A.Q. Khan nuclear network  by Frank Slijper [September 2007] Sanctifying mass destruction by Praful Bidwai [September 8, 2007] Never say DAE by Xavier Dias [September 5, 2007] Home Next to N Reactor by Praful Bidwai and MV Ramana [June 23, 2007] Resolution adopted at the Bombay seminar on the Indo US nuclear deal [Press Release March 12, 2007] Exit Clause by Anil Nauriya [March 7, 2007] India: Drifting Into Nuclear Blunderland - Scrap the Haripur plant! by Praful Bidwai [February 26, 2007] India Paksitan Arms Race and Militarisation Watch Compilation No 168 [28 February 2007] Fissile favourites by J Rama Rao  [23 February 2007] Fight Against 10000 MW Nuclear Plant in Haripur, West Bengal, India by Mahashweta Devi (Dainik Statesman, Bengali Daily, Front Page Daily Column) [February 17, 2007] India Pakistan Arms Race and Militarisation Watch Compilation No 167 [30 December 2006 - 15 January 2007] Accident at Jadugoda Burst pipe - carrying radioactive wastes  Sign on Petition to Demand Full Investigation and Remediation [15 January 2007] 2006 Nuclear disaster in Jadugoda - Toxic uranium tailings spill into the river [December 30, 2006] Nuclear Disarmament Gets Critical by Praful Bidwai [December 28, 2006] High Costs, Questionable Benefits of Reprocessing by J Y Suchitra, M V Ramana [November 25, 2006] Fresh Nuke Threats Follow India-Pakistan "Peace Talks" by J. Sri Raman [22 November 2006] N. Korean nuclear test causes concern, calls for global disarmament Statement by Movement Against Nuclear Weapons (MANW) [October 12, 2006] Democratising Nuclear Debate in India by Avilash Roul [September 30, 2006] Towards a Nuclear Free South Asia by MB Naqvi [August 9, 2006] CNDP Reiterates Opposition to Indo-US Nuke Deal [July 14, 2006] The "deal" and New Delhi's nuclear dreams by J Sri Raman [July 12, 2006] "Fissile materials in South Asia and the implications of the U.S.-India nuclear deal,"  by Z. Mian, A.H. Nayyar, R. Rajaraman, and M.V. Ramana [July 11, 2006] IDPD Seminar Demands Scrapping of Indo-US Nuclear Deal [July 11, 2006] The Bomb, Biography and the Indian Middle Class by Sankaran Krishna [June 10, 2006] "Nuclear power plants are not worth it" An interview with A.H. Nayyar [May 28, 2006] What a Bomb cannot Buy  by Pervez Hoodbhoy [May 28, 2006] Successes and Failures of Pakistan's Nukes by M.B. Naqvi [May 23, 2006] Twenty Year After Chernobyl - debates and lessons by M.V. Ramana [May 16, 2006] Jaduguda's Hapless Children by Mark Whitaker [May 6, 2006] South Asia Needs A Bomb-Less Deal by Pervez Hoodbhoy [April 19, 2006] Dont switch over to nuclear power in India by M.V. Ramana [March 10, 2006] No Clear Reason by Praful Bidwai [March 10, 2006] Indo US Nuclear Accord: Anatomy of an Agreement by Vijay Prashad [March 8, 2006] A Bad and Dangerous Deal The US / India Nuclear Pact by Arjun Makhijani [March 4-5, 2006] Radioactive Repercussions by Meera Shah  [16 Feb 2006] Wrong Ends, Means, and Needs: Behind the U.S. Nuclear Deal With India by Zia Mian and M V Ramana [January / February, 2006] While the spotlights are the Middle East, the world has turned a blind eye to the Indo-Pakistan Nuclear Arms Race by M.B. Naqvi [January 23, 2006] 2005 India should choose Iran, not US An Interview with Dr Arjun Makhijiani [December 28, 2005] Tall Claim, Little Evidence Book review of Fearful Symmetry:India-Pakistan Crises in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons by Sumit Ganguly and Devin Hagerty; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005. by M V Ramana [December 10, 2005] Declaration and Report of CNDP, UP Convention in Lucknow: Call for Nuclear Weapons Free Zones [November 28, 2005] Blinded by the Bomb by Zia Mian [November, 2005] Will India Ride Counter-Proliferation Waves? by J. Sri Raman [29 October 2005] Down the slippery nuclear slope by Praful Bidwai [October 28, 2005] Rewarding ignoble causes? by Praful Bidwai [23 October 2005] Any takers for a nuclear disaster? by Jawed Naqvi [October 17, 2005] Press Release -- Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India [October 11, 2005] Active Consent: India's decision to vote against Iran by Achin Vanaik [October 11, 2005] Limited War Under the Nuclear Umbrella and its Implications for South Asia by Khurshid Khan [A PDF document] Dark clouds on the Indo-Pakistani horizon by M B Naqvi [August 10, 2005] Hiroshima Memories Don't Deter South Asia's Hawks by J. Sri Raman [August 9, 2005] Nuclear nonsense and India, Pakistan Editorial, The News (Pakistan) [August 7, 2005] The world's worst terrorist act by Praful Bidwai [August 6, 2005] The time of the Bomb by Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar [August 6, 2005] Indian Left and the nuclear programme by V Krishna Ananth [August 6, 2005] India: DAE's Gambit by Xavier Dias [August 6, 2005] Hiroshima-Nagasaki Week in Bombay by Coalition for Nuclear disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India [August 4, 2005] As Insecure As Before - on the eve of another Hiroshima Day by Achin Vanaik [August 4, 2005] A Bad Deal With India By Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden [August 3, 2005] A Non-Debate Over India - US Nuclear Deal by J. Sri Raman [August 2, 2005] The Treaty Wreckers by George Monbiot [August 2, 2005] India Joins Global Apartheid by Praful Bidwai [August 2, 2005] India: Grand Nuclear Illusion Editorial, The Economic and Political Weekly (India) [July 30, 2005] Nuclear Power: No Solution to Global Warming by M V Ramana [July 1, 2005] India: 'Identify Horrors of N. Arms Race by R. Gopalakrishnan [June 27, 2005] India: CNDP action plan on persisting dangers of nuclear weapons by R Gopalakrishnan [June 26, 2005] Nukes' seventh anniversary-IV: South Asia's misfortunes by M B Naqvi [June 6, 2005] Nuclear energy is unsafe, uneconomical by A Srinivas [June 6, 2005] The NPT crisis concerns us all by Praful Bidwai [June 4, 2005] Nukes' seventh anniversary-III: The successes and failures of Pakistan's nukes by M B Naqvi [May 25, 2005] Pokhran was a mistake by P R Chari [May 24, 2005] India and nukes: Seventh anniversary by M B Naqvi [May 24, 2005] Vajpayee's nuclear winter by Jawed Naqvi [May 16, 2005] Scoring nuclear self-goals by Praful Bidwai [May 15, 2005] The seven-year N-itch hasn't ended by Praful Bidwai [May 14, 2005] The nukes' seventh anniversary ! Changes wrought by South Asian nukes by M B Naqvi [May 11, 2005] Workshop of Global Security and Cooperation programme of the Social Science Research Council "Culture, Society and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia" Amsterdam, May 9 - 11, 2005 Observe 11 May to 21 May as Anti Nuke Days in South Asia: A plea by M.B. Naqvi [May 7, 2005] Course a l'armement nucleaire: L'equilibre de la terreur entre l'Inde et le Pakistan Par Vaiju Naravane [avril 2005] India: Economics of Nuclear Power from Heavy Water Reactors by M V Ramana, Antonette D'Sa and Amulya KN Reddy [April 23, 2005] Press Release - re India Pakistan Peace Talks - CNDP [21 April 2005] Neither safe nor cheap - suicidal for India to go down the nuclear power path by Praful Bidwai [April 14, 2005] Radiation Monitoring Around Madras Atomic Power Station: An investigative report by VT Padmanabhan and NP Nakul [5th March 2005] | See also Associated Charts and Pictures made while surveying the Tamil Nadu coast between 10-20 february 2005. Nuclear Disarmament: Building a Movement in South Asia by Achin Vanaik [February 5, 2005] Is Depleted Uranium from the West Asian battlefields coming to India? by Padmanabhan VT [January 27, 2005] India-Pakistan: Cap the nuclear arsenal now by R. Rajaraman [January 25, 2005] A Radioactive Tsunami? Many Serious Questions, One Devious Answer by S. P. Udayakumar [January 21, 2005] Of History and a Barely Escaped Nuclear Horror by J. Sri Raman [January 13, 2005] India: Nuclear Reactors To Impending Doom? by S. Anand [January 11, 2005] Tsunami : le Reseau "Sortir du nucleaire" demande la verite sur l'inondation de la centrale nucleaire indienne de Kalpakkam et la fermeture des reacteurs nucleaires situes en bord de mer [January 10, 2005] Tsunami and Kalpakkam: Questions Left in Disaster's Wake by Movement Against Nuclear Weapons (MANW) [January 10, 2005] Nuclear weapons, the greatest hurdle to India-Pakistan friendship by M.B. Naqvi [January 7, 2005] Tsunamis and a Nuclear Threat in the South of India by J. Sri Raman [January 2, 2005] A gaffe, or a historic chance? by Praful Bidwai [January 1, 2005] 2004 On Pakistan's nuclear strategy by M.H. Askari [December 31, 2004] The Tsunami Disaster by S. P. Udayakumar [December 30, 2004] India-Pakistan 'flashpoint' has not faded away by J. Sri Raman [21 December 2004] New Context for India's Struggle against Nukes by J. Sri Raman [December 3, 2004] Jaipur Declaration at the Second National Convention of Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace [28th November 2004] Are Tactical Nuclear Weapons Needed in South Asia? by Michael Krepon, Ziad Haider, and Charles Thornton [Chapter 6 in: Escalation Control and the Nuclear Option in South Asia Michael Krepon, Rodney W. Jones, and Ziad Haider, eds. (The Henry L. Stimson Center: November 2004) [India] The Hazardous Mix: A Peculiar Act and the Perilous Energy by S. P. Udayakumar [October 22, 2004] India-Pakistan: Is Realism Enough by M. B. Naqvi [October 20, 2004] The BJP's psyche and the bomb [Book Review of 'Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb'] by A.G. Noorani [October 9, 2004] India: Fast Breeder Reactor: Questionable Decision Editorial - Economic and Political Weekly [October 2, 2004] Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) 2nd National Convention November 26-28, 2004, Jaipur [India] Nuclear Civil Defence in South Asia: Is It Feasible? by R Rajaraman, Z Mian, A H Nayyar [November 20, 2004] India: A fast breeder of danger by M.V. Ramana [September 7, 2004] An Open Letter to India's Mayors by Lalit Surjan [August 30, 2004] [South Asia] Who wants Nukes ? [Book Review of 'Out of the Nuclear Shadow'] by Faisal Bari [August 23, 2004] India: Voice against war [in Hyderabad] Students expressed their views on nuclear issues through debates and discussions, posters and plays by R. Uma Maheshwari [August 12, 2004] Nukes cause all the trouble by M B Naqvi [August 11, 2004] Heritable anomalies among the inhabitants of regions of normal and high background radiation in Kerala: Results of a cohort study, 1988‹1994 by V. T. Padmanabhan, A. P. Sugunan, C. K. Brahmaputhran, K. Nandini, and K. Pavithran [International Journal of Health Services, No 3, 2004] Anushakthi Amma: A One-Act Play by S. P. Udayakumar [August 7, 2004] Averting a Hundred Hiroshimas by J. Sri Raman [August 6, 2004] Pakistan: Another nuclear white elephant by Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar [25 July 2004] India's Department of Atomic Energy: Fifty Years of Profligacy by S. P. Udayakumar [July 16, 2004] Making Weapons, Talking Peace: Resolving Dilemma of Nuclear Negotiations by Zia Mian, A H Nayyar, M V Ramana [July 17, 2004] When early warning is no warning by Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman & M.V. Ramana [July 2, 2004] Next Steps For Nuclear Talks by Zia Mian, A.H. Nayyar, R. Rajaraman, M.V. Ramana [June 24, 2004] India-Pakistan Talks: Hotline to a Higher Nuclear Status? by J. Sri Raman [21 June 2004] Reduce Nuclear Risk With Pakistan by Editorial, The Hindu [June 19, 2004] Reducing nuclear risk [India's new Govt. should reconsider nuclear policy] by M. V. Ramana & R. Rajaraman [June 4, 2004] Lobbying the new Govt of India against the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant: An Appeal from the people of Tamil Nadu and Kerala [May 28, 2004] India: Serious Lapse at Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant [May 24, 2004] India: Jadugoda Case and Supreme Court Judgment by Jharkhandi Organisation Against Radiation, Jadugoda [Jharkhand, India | May 12, 2004] A.Q. Khan, Urenco and the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology: The symbiotic relation between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons by Joop Boer, Henk van der Keur, Karel Koster and Frank Slijper [May 4, 2004] Red Alert in nuclear India by Richard Mahapatra T.V. Jayan ['Down to Earth', April 21, 2004] See also map on India's Uranium and Thorium Reserves ['Down to Earth', April 21, 2004] India: "Letter to the Editor" of Frontline maganine re Koodankulam Nuclear power Plant by S. P. Udayakumar [April 12, 2004] The B-team gets running by Praful Bidwai [April 8, 2004] Can we rely credibly on deterrence? by Savail Hussain [March 24, 2004] Inside The Nuclear Closet by Pervez Hoodbhoy [March 3, 2004] Good nukes, bad nukes by T. Jayaraman [February 28, 2004] For God and Profit by Pervez Hoodbhoy [February, 2004] Pakistan: Role of Intelligence and Political Islam by Zia Mian [February 13, 2004] [Audio file] Leading Pakistani physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy describes the development of nuclear weapons in South Asia at the NPRI conference [February 11, 2004] [Audio File] L'affaire Qadeer Khan by M B Naqvi [February 11, 2004] Nuclear Early Warning in South Asia: Problems and Issues by M V Ramana, R Rajaraman, Zia Mian [January 17, 2004] Pakistan's nuclear dilemma by Praful Bidwai [January 6, 2004] 2003 Nuclear Roundtable - by Panos South Asia supported by Himal South Asian [December, 2003] - The Indo-Pak bomb by Itty Abraham - Going nuclear, Talking nuclear: A discussion (between Kanak Mani Dixit, Itty Abraham, Ramchandra Guha, Siddharth Varadarajan, Rehana Hakim, Hameed Haroon, Akbar Zaidi, AS Paneerselvan, Imran Aslam, Kazi Abid Asad, NK Singh - Simulated consensus by T Mathew Pakistan - India Nuclear weapons in utter contempt of the poor Excerpts from 'At the cost of the poor' by Zaheda Hina [December 28, 2003] Statement on anti-WMD Decisions by Iran and Libya by Pakistan Peace Coalition [December, 24 2003] Safety issues dog India's nuke plants by Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri [December 2, 2003] Pakistan-India: All stops being removed for an arms race? by M.B. Naqvi [November 17, 2003] Nuclear missiles in South Asia by Brian Cloughley [November 12, 2003] The Nuclear Option by M. Asghar Khan [November 5, 2003] US concern over nuclear strategy By M.H. Askari [October 31, 2003] The nuclear thick-skins by Praful Bidwai [October 25, 2003] Like Dams, Nuke Plants Need Scrutiny - Activists by Muddasir Rizvi [October 23, 2003] The arms race continues by M V Ramana [October 23, 2003] Hiroshima Mayor urges Pak, India to scrap nukes [October 21, 2003] India: Privatizing Nuclear Power Is Dangerous - Press Release by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy [October 5, 2003] India Pakistan Spar Under a lengthening Nuclear Shadow by Praful Bidwai [October 2, 2003] Fall Out of Nuclear War Planning - Spectre of Armageddon by N. D Jayaprakash [October 2, 2003] Tick-Tock of Doom: Radioactive spectres haunt Andhra as Nagarjuna Sagar awaits a uranium mine nearby by S. Anand, Nitin A. Gokhale [September 22, 2003] Movement Against Uranium Project (MAUP) in Andhra Pradesh, India [September 10, 2003] Statement by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace [8 Sept, 2003] India: A dying breeder by Praful Bidwai [September 6, 2003] Pakistan - India: Respective Nuclear authorities meet around their Bomb by M.B. Naqvi [September 4, 2003] India: Chained reaction by Prakash Chandra [August 21, 2003] Drawing False Conclusions by Achin Vanaik [August 9, 2003] India's Worst Radiation Accident The Outlook exclusive investigation of the January 21 "incident" at the Kalpakkam Reprocessing Plant by S. Anand [July 28, 2003] Reprocessing: The Cons by M. V. Ramana [July 25, 2003] Radiation and Tribal Health in Jadugoda: The Contention Between Science and Sufferings by C.J. Sonowal and Sunil Kumar Jojo [?, 2003] Radiation accident at spent fuel reprocessing plant at Kalpakkam Reprocessing Plant (KAPR) in India [July, 12, 2003] Radiation leak in the Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant, Tamil Nadu [June 27, 2003] India's Nuclear Fantasies - Costs and Ethics (Book Review) by Itty Abraham [June 28, 2003] Kuldip Nayyar [A member of India's parliament] stresses treaty on no first use of nuclear arms [June 17, 2003] The Nuclear Confrontation in South Asia [ Chapter summary from the SIPRI Yearbook 2003: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security] by M. V. Ramana and Zia Mian [June 17, 2003] Are Nukes Invincible by M.B. Naqvi [May 28, 2003] Face off -- A nuclear gamble by Priya Nayar [May 24, 2003] Nuclear false dawn by Praful Bidwai [May 16, 2003] Nuclear WMDs in South Asia by M.B. Naqvi [April 29, 2003] India: 'War and Peace' the Anti Nuclear documentary film wins battle in the courts War and Peace (Jang Aur Aman) Vs Censorship by Anand Patwardhan [April 24, 2003] Deterrence is for dummies by Praful Bidwai [April 18, 2003] Against Nuclearisation (A boof review of 'Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream' by M.V. Ramana and C.Rammanohar Reddy) by Achin Vanaik [Apr 06, 2003] Stop the War in Iraq: Press Release by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP / India) [April 1, 2003] Assessing emergency plans by M V Ramana [March 13, 2003] Risks of a LOW Doctrine by M V Ramana [March 1, 2003] Extracts from Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream, edited by M.V. Ramana and C.Rammanohar Reddy, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2002 [February 23, 2003] South Asia on the Edge: Communal Violence and Nuclear Stand-off by Murad Banaji [February 2003] Indian Nuclear Cover-ups Inviting Chernobyl Any Day -- A South Asia Tribune Report [Feb10-16, 2003] Those fuzzy red lines by Michael Krepon [February 10, 2003] India's force in being by M V Ramana [February 06, 2003] Two reports on rally and public meet in opposition to Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project [January 25 - 30, 2003] Pakistanis see new aggression in Indian nuclear doctrine A Report in the Daily Times [January 24, 2003] A degenerating nuclear logic by Achin Vanaik [January 23, 2003] Bomb Doubts An Interview with R Rajaraman [January 21, 2003] India's Nuclear War Plans: Dangerous Portents by N.D. Jayaprakash [January 20, 2003] Russia leases nuclear bombers to India by Luke Harding [January 20, 2003] What did Pakistan do to help North Korea develop nuclear arms? And when did the Bush Administration know about it? by Seymour M. Hersh [January 20, 2003] Nuclear South Asia: Still on the edge by Praful Bidwai (January 18, 2003) Military planning and nuclear weapons by M V Ramana [January 16, 2003] SAP seeks nuclear free South Asia Newsreport [January 14, 2003] Creating the Nuclear Command: India courts insecurity by Praful Bidwai [January 13, 2003] India's nuclear policy raises eyebrows on timing, impact Revision stirs fear of a harder stance by Mannika Chopra Why are we poor [in Pakistan and India]? by Dr Farrukh Saleem [January 12, 2003] India's nuclear muscle by Humphrey Hawksley [January 11, 2003] Press Release: The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace [January 10, 2003] Sliding into nuclear abyss by Praful Bidwai [January 9, 2003] India's nuclear command authority by M V Ramana [January 9, 2003] 2002 Statement by Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) (December 30, 2002) Pakistan and India: Can NRRCs Help to Strengthen Peace? by Colonel Rafi uz Zaman Khan (December 2002) Pakistan: The sociology of nuclear conflict by Haidaer K Nizamani (December 1, 2002) India: The 'official' line on atomic energy [A book review] by Shobhit Mahajan MA (December 1, 2002) Health Survey at an Indian Nuclear Power Plant / Peace Plan for South Asia (November 2002) [PDF; 343KB] The India-Pakistan Conflict: Towards The Failure of Nuclear Deterrence by Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian (November 13, 2002) Press Release by People's Movement Against Nuclear Power [India] (November 10, 2002) False alarms and early warning systems - Lessons for India Pakistan by M V Ramana (November 7, 2002) Nuclear South Asia spiralling into instability: by Pervez Hoodbhoy (November 5, 2002) India and Pakistan:Appeal for a Monitoring Mechanism Along the LoC by A.H. Nayyar and M. Martellini [November 1, 2002] India: Radioactive Minerals and Private Sector Mining by V T Padmanabhan (October 26, 2002) Asteroid could have potentially triggered a nuclear war between India -Pakistan in 2002 Statement by Brigadier General Simon P. Worden Deputy Director for Operations United States Strategic Command (October 3, 2002) 2 South Asian pacifists on peace and conflict between India - Pakistan by Ammara Durrani (September 22, 2002) Unlimited Damage: Its Likely that the nuclear taboo may soon be broken by Achin Vanaik [September 10, 2002] Nuclear Role Models by Zia Mian, R. Rajaraman and Frank von Hippel (August 6, 2002) India: Censorship in the nuclear age by M. V. Ramana (July 19, 2002) Protect Free Speech: Indian Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan's "War and Peace": A petiton Borderline Madness by Praful Bidwai [June 24, 2002] Possession and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia: An assesment of some risks by R. Rajaraman, M. V. Ramana and Zia Mian [June 22, 2002] Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures Between India and Pakistan by Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND) in Delhi [June 18, 2002] India: An Ecologists Letter to Atomic Energy Regulatory Board [June 16, 2002] Time to destroy n-weapons by C. Rammanohar Reddy [June 16, 2002 ] Nuclear Natraj rules the rashtra by Jug Suraiya and Vikas Singh [June 15, 2002] Doctors in India and Pakistan campaign against nuclear war by Shamim-ur-Rahman (Karachi) and Ganapati Mudur (New Delhi) [15 June 2002] Anti-war film suffers under political fallout (News Report, June 14, 2002) The illogic of civil defence by M V Ramana [June 13, 2002] Sign the Anti-Nuclear Petition initiated by Sanctuary Asia [June 10, 2002] South Asia : What, Us Worry? by Pervez Hoodbhoy [June 9, 2002 ] An Interview with Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy [June 8, 2002] Possession of nuclear weapons gave Pakistan a false sense of confidence and security, encouraging it into adventurism in Kashmir Million deaths or peace? by Seema Mustafa [ June 8, 2002] Nuclear Ignorance Radiates Across Pakistan by Stewart Bell [June 8, 2002 in the National Post (Canada)] Statement by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors [June 8, 2002] Rethinking revenge can save 6 mn lives by Paritish Bansal [June 8, 2002] Nuclear crisis in South Asia by T Jayaraman [June 8, 2002] A 15-kt bomb will swallow a third of Mumbai! by Gursharan Dhanjal [June 7, 2002] Loving the bomb still more by Salman Tarik Kureshi [June 7, 2002] Nuclear War in South Asia by Matthew McKinzie, Zia Mian, M.V. Ramana, and A.H. Nayyar [June 6, 2002] Clueless About Nuclear Holocaust S. Asians need to be educated on the horrors of death under this scenario. by Mahnaz Ispahani [ June 6, 2002 ] Fallacies of war-mongering by Praful Bidwai [June 6, 2002] A-bomb survivors fear new Hiroshima by Jonathan Watts [June 6, 2002] Gauging impact of a nuclear shootout South Asian Armageddon, but limited fallout elsewhere by Francesca Lyman [June 5, 2002] Petition To: Governments of India and Pakistan a joint effort between an Indian citizen and a Pakistani citizen Citizens Against War: Joint Statement byeminent Persons - 26 Indians and 26 Pakistanis [3 June 2002] The fireballs would be like a thousand suns The Rediff Interview / Dr M V Ramana [June 3, 2002 ] For what do we fight? by Ardeshir Cowasjee [June 2, 2002] Under the Nuclear Shadow by Arundhati Roy [June 2, 2002] Petition: "No Nukes Over Kashmir" Limited war is a fantasy by Praful Bidwai [May 31, 2002] The alternative to my nuclear Ark by Sonia Jabbar [May 31, 2002] A road map to peace by L. Ramdas and Arjun Makhijani [May 31, 2002] The Most Dangerous Place in the World by Salman Rushdie [May 30, 2002] Resolution by Pakistan Peace Coalition A News Report in DAWN Not That Much Time by Achin Vanaik [28 May 2002] Lighting The Nuclear Fire by Pervez Hoodbhoy [on 28th May, the anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests.] A modest suggestion to all residents of India and Pakistan.. by Russell D. Hoffman & Pamela Blockey-O'Brien Rivals compete in deadly race to step up nuclear arms production by Rory McCarthy [May 27, 2002] The warped logic of nuclear gambles by Jean Dreze [May 27, 2002] Letter pleading for peace between India and Pakistan by PPAD [May 25, 2002] Four Years After Pokharan On the fourth anniversary of the Pokhran-Chagai tests, India and Pakistan are at each other's throats by Praful Bidwai [May 25, 2002] Nuclear shadow falls on Kashmir by Zulfiqar Ahmad [24 May 2002] Three million would die in "limited" nuclear war over Kashmir New Scientist [24 May 2002] Kashmir and terrorism aren't the problem, it's the bomb by Martin Woollacott [24 May 2002] Limited war: unlimited folly by Praful Bidwai [May 23, 2002] The peon has the nuke trigge by Abheek Barman [May 22, 2002] Halt To Pro-War Campaign Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) India [21 May 2002] From Pokhran to Gujarat by Praful Bidwai [May 17, 2002] Missiles and fast delivery of nuclear destruction by M V Ramana [May 16, 2002] Looking Back At Pokhran II May 11 and 13 mark the fourth anniversary of the 1998 Pokharan nuclear tests by India -- a re-appraisal of what was achieved by those tests by M.V. Ramana [May 13, 2002] Ban battlefield nuclear weapons by R. Rajaraman [April 22, 2002] Peace declaration from Movement Against Nuclear Weapons in Chennai, India [ 5 March 2002 Chennai] The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia by Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Samiran Nundy. (February 9, 2002) India - Pakistan: Our Mutual Nuclear Death Wish by Praful Bidwai (February 07, 2002) India Sharpens Its Nuclear Claws by Praful Bidwai (29 January 2002) Joint Statement issued to the Press by B.M.Kutty and Karamat Ali For Pakistan Peace Coalition, Karachi (January 28, 2002) Press Release by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) India (28 Jan 2002) Against the Bomb In the midst of war-like postures emanating out of New Delhi and Islamabad, Out of the Nuclear Shadow is a must-read. It brings some of best writings of the intellectuals and activists of the subcontinent and is a contribution to the anti-nuclear struggle, says Kanti Bajpai Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Stability and Nuclear Strategy in Pakistan by Landau Network Centro Volta, Como, Italy January 2002 [ with updated note on 11 February 2002] ARCHIVE: 2001 / 2000/ 1999 / 1998 / Pre 1998 Analysis and Reflections on the Nuclear Follies of the Indian and Pakistani Establishments

2001

- India, Pakistan and the Bomb
The Indian subcontinent is the most likely place in the world for a nuclear war
by M. V. Ramana and A. H. Nayyar (December 2001)
- The Conventional Military Balance in India, Pakistan and South Asia: A comparative Summary of Military Expenditures Manpower; Land, Air, and Naval, Forces; Arms Sales
by Anthony H. Cordesman (December 28, 2001)
- The move by India to deploy nuclear weapons opens up the possibilities of accidental or unauthorised use of the weapons, nuclear accidents and development of more weapons as a result of inter-service rivalry.
by M.V. Ramana [Dec. 08, 2001]
- Watching The Warheads - The risks to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal
by Seymour M. Hersh (November 5, 2001)
- Antinuclear Pakistanis Persevere: Ban-the-Bomb Activists are Few in the Weaponry-Proud Country, But They Remain Stout of Heart
by Stephane Nolen [November 2, 2001]
- Talking Peace in South Asia: A proposal of some possible nuclear risk reduction and confidence building agreements for consideration at the July 2001 Pakistan-India Summit
by Z. Mian and A.H. Nayyar (members of the Pakistan Peace Coalition) Sandeep Pandey and M.V. Ramana (members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India) (July 2001) (For PDF version click here)
- Vajpayee and Musharraf Must Agree on a Nuclear Freeze
Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India)
and endorsed by The Pakistan Peace Coalition (28 June 2001)
SEE Related News report: Indo-Pak summit should agree on nuclear freeze: citizens groups
- Bangladesh: Can we afford nuclear power plant? (29 June 2001)
- Statement on NMD released by the Coalition for
Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India) (18 June 2001)
- Dos and Donts of [Indo-Pak] Nuclear Detente
by M.B. Naqvi (17 June 2001)
- Nuclear Prolifieration in South Asia
by Faheem Hussain

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2000

-  We Don't Love the Bomb
by Achin Vanaik (The Telegraph, Op-Ed, 1 December 2000)
- Risks and consequences of nuclear weapons accidents in South Asia.
by Mian Z, Ramana MV, Rajaraman R. [2000]
- Failing the Test: International Mismanagement of the South Asia nuclear Crisis
by Achin vanaik (Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 51, October 2000)
- Nuclear Nirvana 
by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy (excerpts from a presentation to the Moscow International Non-Proliferation Conference on October 7, 2000)
- To Give Peace a Change
by Praful Bidwai (Frontline, Vol. 17, No. 17, 19 August 2000)
India and the Bomb
by Amartya Sen (The text of the first Dorothy Hodgkin Lecture at the Annual Pugwash
Conference In Cambridge, United Kingdom, on August 8, 2000.)
- Weaponization in South Asia
by Neil Joeck (Proliferation Brief, Vol.3, No.20 July 20, 2000)
- Wages of Nuclearisation: Two Years after the Historic Folly
by Praful Bidwai (Frontline, Vol. 17, No. 10, 13 May 2000)
- People's conference calls for a nuclear-free Asia
by Praful Bidwai [Asia Times, February 26, 2000]
- The Idea that Bombed
by Achin vanaik (The Hindustan Times (op-ed), 12 February 2000)
- Since the Pokhran tests
by Achin Vanaik (Seminar, January 2000)

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1999

- Blast Fallout : The antinuclear movement
takes off in South Asia [ February 1999]
- The Sri Lanka Forum for Nuclear Disarmament Protest Against Missile Tests by India & Pakistan (18 April 1999)
- People Against Pokharan II
by 'May 11 committee' [a statement to be distributed in Chennai, India
on May 11, 1999]
- May 8-21, 1999 issue of Frontline magazine
- An appeal to protest and appeal for solidarity against Pakistan Govt. Celebrating Nuke Anniversary on May 28, 1999.
by Zia Mian
- An international statement to protest against the arrest of a leading Pakistani journalist and to condemn Govt. Celebrations of Nuke test Anniversary on May 28, 1999.
(9 May 1999)
- Nuclear jingoism hurts security and stability
by Praful Bidwai [May 12, 1999]
- Pakistan celebrating nuclear tests amid crackdown on civil rights
by Beena Sarwar (21 May 1999)
- Bombs, Missiles, and Pakistani Science by Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Pokharan - Chaghi Audit: Winners and Losers by Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Resolution adopted by Action Committee Against Arms Race (ACAAR) in its General Body Meeting in Karachi on Saturday, 22nd May 1999.
(25 May 1999)
- Press Release by Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND) May 28, 1999
- Joint Statement by Prominent Indians and Pakistanis issued in Delhi and Karachi, June 1, 1999
- From Pokharan to Kargil: The Nuclear Danger Is No Fantasy by Praful Bidwai
- The Warning from Kargil by Achin Vanaik (1 July 1999)
- Challenges to Regional Cooperation in South Asia:
A New Perspective by Monica Bhanot (August 1999)
- Turning Consciousness Into Organized Protests When Weapons Are Celebrated
by Shahnawaz Khan Nowsherwani and Riaz Ahmed

SEE Also: India-Pakistan Conflict in Kargil, Kashmir (May-July 1999)
(contains scores of articles)

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1998: The following were written after the Nuclear tests of May 1998

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India Has Shot Itself in the Head
by Praful Bidwai
• Bottling the Nuclear Genie
  by Praful Bidwai
• For a Citizen's Movement
  by Praful Bidwai
• To Prevent Megadeath, Dont Make Nukes
  by Praful Bidwai
• Faustian Bargain: US Lays a Trap for India
  by Praful Bidwai
• A Very Political Bomb
  by Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik
• Say No to Pakistani and Indian Bombs
  by Dr. Parvez Hoodbhoy
• Living with the Bomb
  by Dr. Parvez Hoodbhoy
• Turning Pakistan Away from the Nuclear Abyss
  by Dr. Parvez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian
• Dangers of an Arms Race
  by Achin Vanaik
• Sign the CTBT
  by Achin Vanaik
• On Why India should sign the CTBT
  by Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik
• India's obsession, our choice
  by Eqbal Ahmad
• When Mountains Die
  by Eqbal Ahmad
• Reason on the Sidelines
  by Eqbal Ahmad
• No Alternative to Dialogue
  by Eqbal Ahmad
• The Taste of Grass
  by Zia Mian
• 'Its a Matter of Life and Death or Mega Death'
  (An Interview with Zia Mian, Ridiff on the Net, March 11,1998)
• 'Each Crisis will now have a nuclear edge'
  (An Interview with Zia Mian, Ridiff on the Net, May 29,1998)
• 'Admiral (Retd.) Ramdas former Chief of Indian Navy, speaks up against Nuclear weaponisation by India'
• Joint statement against nuclear tests and nuclear weapons by Retired Pakistani and Indian Armed Forces Personnel (July 1998, revised October 1, 1998)
• Nuclear Fears, Nuclear History
  by Zia Mian
• Welcome to the Patriot Games
  by Shiv Vishvanathan
• A few Scenarios in the Search of a Bomb
  by Shiv Vishvanathan
• Have We Learned to Love the Bomb
  by Anand Patwardhan
• The Hard Choice
  by A.H. Nayyar
• From Deep Under to Everywhere
  by A.H. Nayyar
• No Place to Hide
  by Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar
• No Time to Think
  by Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar
• Packed in Tight in Their Last Refuge
  by Dilip D'Souza
• Atomic Error
  by Bittu Sahgal
• The Hindutwa Weapon
  by Aijaz Ahmed
  (Cover Story in Frontline May 23 - Jun 05, 1998)
• The Hindutwa Bomb
  by Gail Omvedt
• The Cultural Politics of Indian Nuclearism
  by Vinay Lal
• New Meanings for Old Words
  by M.V. Ramana
• Do Nuclear Weapons Provide Security?
  by M.V. Ramana
• The Smile That Makes Generations Sick
  by Surendra Gadekar
• Give Peace a Chance
  by Kalpana Sharma and Ayesha Khan
• The People of Pakistan and India Dont Want War
  by Kalpana Sharma
• The Hindu Bomb
  by Kalpana Sharma
• [India has a "Hindu bomb". Pakistan has an "Islamic bomb". . . So are we now equal? Should we be dancing in the streets? Or should we hang our heads in shame that our governments still think "strength" lies at the end of a nuclear-tipped missile?...] An Op-Ed in Newsday
  by Kalpana Sharma
• Buddha is Smiling ? Reflections on India's Nuclear Tests [Letter to my Daughters, my grandchildren - Indian, Pakistani, American from an anguished woman, wife, mother, grandmother, educator !]
  by Lalita Ramdas
• No Nukes - No More Hiroshimas - some vignettes
  by Lalita Ramdas
• Danger of A Nuclear War in South Asia
  by Dr. Inayatullah
• Bomb, Science and the State
  by Partha S. Ghosh
• Of Nukes and Men
  by Jean Dreze
• Letter from Nagasaki. "Dear Pakistanis..."
  by Dr Mariko Kitano
• The Song of India and Goodbye Gandhi
  Poems by Narayan Desai
• A Legacy Lost
  by Arjun Makhijani
• India's Nuclear Weapons Program: A historcial and Strategic Perspective
  by Arjun Makhijani
• The Epidemic of Nuclearism: A Clinical Profile of the Genocidal Mentality
  by Ashis Nandy
• Of Science and Nuclear Weapons: A Scientist's Perspective
  by T. Jayaraman
• Indian Science after Pokharan II
  by T. Jayaraman
• Human Casualties of a Nuclear Bomb
  by C. Rammanohar Reddy
• Nuclear Testing - The unsaid story
  by Sathya R.Narayanan
• The Day After
  by Prof. Riazuddin
• We've made the bombs, now let's make peace
  by Beena Sarwar
• India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Bomb
  by Bina Srinivasan
• BJP's Wargasm
  by Madhu Kishwar
• Pakistan, Celebrating nuclear tests amid crackdown on civil rights
  by Beena Sarwar
• Nuclear Hijack [in India] by Kamal Mitra Chenoy
• The Repercussions of Nuclearization upon Pakistani Women
  by Saba Khattak
• The End of Imagination [an essay against nuclear weapons]
  by Arundhati Roy
• Education for Peace: talk for Anti Nuclear Convention at Chennai
  by Lalita Ramdas
• Of Men, Women and Bombs: Engendering India's Nuclear Explosions
  by Amrita Basu and Rekha Basu
• Joining the Nuclear Family: Welcome Aboard South Asia
  by Jeremy Seabrook
• Post Colonial Fantasies about the Bomb
  by Sudhir Chella Rajan
• The Environmental Impact of a Nuclear explosion
  by Saleem H. Ali
• Doomsday Devices: The Myths and Realities of Nuclear Weapons
  by Peoples Initiative Against Nuclear Weapons (Chennai, India)
• The Wages of Armageddon
  by C. Rammanohar Reddy (A detailed independent estimation into the costs of Nuclear weaponisation in India)
• Forging a Strategy for the Anti- Nuclear Movement in India and Pakistan
  by Rohini Hensman
• BOOK REVIEW by Achin Vanaik
  [Riding the Nuclear Tiger by N. Ram reviewed

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  Reports, Statements, Petitions, Letters & Appeals (1998)