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The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India's first nuclear weapon test in 1974, Pakistani senior officials tapped into the country's pool of young nuclear scientists and engineers and molded them into a motivated cadre committed to building the 'ultimate weapon.' The tenacity of this group and the central place of its mission in Pakistan's national identity allowed the p...
The Book is initially Written in Hindi but has been Translated for the readers outside India . The Book aimed at reunification of Hindus worldwide and not aimed at harming Someone's Political or religious thoughts or views.Secular and Agnostics are required to keep away from this book as this book is of their no use.
This volume focuses on the life and times of the ‘star of the millennium’, Amitabh Bachchan, and goes on to describe his contemporaries such as Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna, and also the next generation of heroes, including the Khans, Govinda, Hrithik Roshan and others who have followed. Ashok Raj is a research coordinator based in New Delhi. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, he has served as a consultant to several national and international organizations and NGOs in various spheres such as science, culture and the media. His significant work is a sixteen-part series on cinema, which was published in Screen (in 1988).
Presents a study of the phenomenon that was Helen. Why did the refugee of French-Burmese parentage succeed so enormously in Bollywood?
Nikki, a junior high school student, and her friends go on a picnic at Crescent Point Valley. During the picnic, Jyoti, Nikki's roommate and best friend, goes hiking on a nearby hill on her own. Later, her body is found floating in the pool below the waterfall. The accident turns out to be a case of murder. In a bid to bring justice to Jyoti, the brave and adventurous Nikki, once again, defies all odds to unearth the identity of the killer. In the process, she makes a startling discovery and becomes embroiled in a series of mysterious murders, kidnappings, corporate crime and black magic. Who killed Jyoti and why? The mystery unfolds in layers, with its surprising twists and turns. Murder at Crescent Point makes for a fast-paced, action-packed thriller.
In Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb, author Mansoor Ahmed provides a groundbreaking account of Pakistan's rise as a nuclear power. By drawing on elite interviews and previously untapped primary sources, Ahmed reveals how bureaucratic politics shaped the nuclear program's development-and where it stands today.
This concise and balanced account details Pakistan's turbulent 73-year history of civil war, military coups, political assassinations, wars with India, cooperation with the U.S. during the Afghan-Soviet war, and events following 9/11. An unpredictable nuclear nation, Pakistan has been variously described as the center of international terrorism, the world's biggest nuclear weapons proliferator, the most dangerous place in the world and, some experts predict, the most likely site of the world's first nuclear war.