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The Pokhran test was a bomb, I can tell you now.... An explosion is an explosion, a gun is a gun, whether you shoot at someone or shoot at the ground.... I just want to make clear that the test was not all that peaceful. - Dr. Raja Ramanna May 18, 1974- India conducts it's first…

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Richard Feynman, defied the stereotype of a scientist, being a serious academic, with no other life or passion, having a rather glum and serious…

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The gentleman spymaster

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If one seeks to understand China, and the Chinese way of thinking, it is advisable to go through the teachings of Confucius, which in many ways, have…

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The largest river island in the world.

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Alistair MacLean, the name itself conjures up many memories, of circulating libraries, musty paperbacks with their frayed covers, and covers of a…

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