Essays

Introduction. Our leader’s right from Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru down to the Present Prime Minister said that India does not want to go nuclear in the sense of building up nuclear war-potential. It is now high time we should give a fresh thought to it. This is essential by the fact that our immediate neighbor under the military government has acquired a nuclear capacity. Although we have been trying our level best to be on friendly terms with Pakistan. The leaders of Pakistan have always been thwarting our peaceful and friendly gestures.

Confirmation of Pakistan getting ready for manufacturing nuclear bomb. The earlier suspicion that Pakistan had been acquiring nuclear material and was getting ready to manufacture a nuclear bomb in a very short time has been confirmed on official grounds. Pakistan now has a military nuclear capability. Another important thing is that Pakistan has purchased the ultra modern nuclear technology from Germany, France and the Netherland. The plant recently secured by Pakistan is for Light Water Reactors (LWRs). Now Pakistan is able to match our nuclear technology and it has become a danger to our national security. It is said that Pakistan has made atom bombs.

What should be our policy? What should be our policy in this changed position? There are arguments both

For and against manufacturing a nuclear bomb. Now we have to weigh and consider them seriously because the Pakistan leaders in place of Zia want to build up their image in their own country as the country's saviours. By all means they want to prove better rulers, administrator than Zia, and their predecessors.

The second consideration against building up a nuclear weapon is that the manufacture of these deadly weapons should be left to the super power that is U.S.A. and Russia. When super powers even are realizing that nuclear bomb will bring ruin and disaster to millions of people and the ruin will not remain confined to any particular country, we should be wise enough not to be  fooled by any move to manufacture nuclear bomb.

Other side of the picture. But there is another side of the picture too. We have to guard against the cunning motives which are a part of the diplomacy of Pakistan. Its diplomacy is to deny things in the beginning and making high claims of peace and   friendship. Afterwards it admits degree by degree that it has indeed been making preparations for nuclear capability. We have to see that we are not caught sleeping. We should, therefore, try to continue to make progress in the manufacturing of nuclear capability.

Conclusion. In short, the present situation demands that we should keep our knowledge in the nuclear field up to-date.