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बनारस की मेल -मोहब्बत और गंगा - जमुनी संस्कृति खतरे में है। उस खतरे का सामना करने का साहस और सामर्थ्य देती नन्द किशोर नंदन जी की यह कविता पेशे खिदमत है

The world at large is rightly fearful of Taliban-like fanatics getting hold of Pakistan’s nuclear assets. The same analysts, however, have not paid heed to the possibility of a nuclear nightmare in Delhi should a right-wing Hindutva regime take charge next month. In my view, the adventurist quotient in the latter scenario is no less disturbing than the palpable terror of bigots taking over Pakistan.

K Babar reviews Indian-American scholar C M Naim’s new collection of essays

The BJP has again shown its deep antipathy towards Muslims. It hasn’t fielded a single Muslim candidate in Uttar Pradesh. Worse, it has given tickets to three men accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots. Modi’s candidature from Varanasi is also meant to signify his claim to a “pan-Hindu” identity, from Somnath to Kashi.

Reviewing in the London Review of Books Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control, a book about Cold War nuclear weaponry accidents, noted Harvard sociologist of science Steven Shapin concluded that when it comes to nuclear weapons, "the rational attitude sometimes looks like irrational anxiety."[1]