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Richard Flanagan: “It’s the job of writing to be true”

Author Richard Flanagan (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival)
Updated on Jan 23, 2026 09:31 pm IST

From Trinity to today: Turning the page on nuclear testing

Complacency is not an option. A return to nuclear testing would almost certainly spark a dangerous arms race, one that undermines the purposes for which the United Nations was founded. (REUTERS)
Published on Aug 29, 2025 09:18 pm IST

The Case for the Atomic Bomb, 80 Years Later

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Even after several square miles of central Nagasaki were destroyed by the second bomb, army chief Yoshijiro Umezu concluded that Japan still had the “ability to deal a smashing blow to the enemy”
Updated on Aug 08, 2025 03:31 pm IST

Nuclear nightmares are back

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Illustration: Lan Truong
Published on Aug 07, 2025 05:32 pm IST

Japan marks 80 years of atomic bombing as survivors seek nuclear disarmament

Visitors observe a minute of silence for the victims of the atomic bombing, at 8.15am, the time atomic bomb exploded over the city, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Published on Aug 06, 2025 10:57 am IST