Essays

Some nations are exploiting the resources of Nature and developing the potentialities of human resources but others are manufacturing nuclear weapons. We talk of international co- operation and affirm the concept of international community but peace has been dodging us and war has all the time been threatening the world.

So in the light of these considerations, we will have to think whether India should manufacture nuclear weapons or not. We have been wedded to the policy of nonviolence. Arduous effort for peace is the only sensible practical politics. We have been thinking of bringing order and raising human dignity to recreate a fine vision of the world.

Pakistan has always been trying to blackmail India. China has always been casting greedy eyes upon India. The Chinese had been training Nagas and Mizos in order to create disruption in India.

In the present day world, there is a race for nuclear weapons. Every nation is trying its best. if it is within her capacity to manufacture nuclear bombs. Naturally, if India manufactures these weapons, she will get high status among the community of nations. India has the potentiality to become the leader of Asia. But if we are not strong, from the military point of view, no nation is going to respect us.

It has been pointed out that India will have to incur a huge expenditure for manufacturing these weapons. Of course, it needs quite a big amount but can we afford to become weak militarily? Distance has been reduced and the nations have come closer, at least geographically, but the distance created by disagreement and difference still persists.

Under such circumstances even the smaller nations have started thinking of becoming nuclear powers. Nuclear weapons serve as damper for those nations which indulge in military adventures. American influence in Asia would fade away if India becomes an Asia leader. So India has no allies though many nations may show lip sympathy.

India's policy non-alignment which implies involvement in world politics without best raying any partially or prejudice has created uncertainty regarding India's affiliations. So we will have to depend upon our own resources for meeting the challenge of the enemies. China's nuclear explosions have made us to feel that our neighboring nations are having an edge over us. Nuclear weapons will give confidence and they will not bully us.