Articles
This page provides a list of opinion pieces/book-reviews/reports and also some papers closely tied to the topics covered in these articles. A list of papers is available separately on the Publications page. This page also archives a list of collective statements below.
| Title | Note | Subject | Forum | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppenheimer Did Not Stop at Building a Nuclear Bomb. He Also Pushed for its Use in Japan | review of the movie "Oppenheimer" on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima | Nuclear disarmament | Wire | 6 August 2023 |
| Scientists need the oxygen of free speech | op-ed discussing the importance of democratic rights in scientific institutions | Democratic rights | the Hindu | 14 July 2023 |
| Shut down this misguided energy policy | op-ed with M. V. Ramana on the 11th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 12 March 2022 |
| Why Indians should view mathematical models about Covid-19 progression with caution | op-ed with Alok Laddha on the unscientific nature of predictions for Covid-19 made on the basis of mathematical models | Covid-19 | Scroll | 10 May 2021 |
| Scientists Weigh In on India’s Citizenship Debate |
op-ed on the response of members of the Indian scientific community to the Citizenship Amendment Act |
Democratic rights | Scientific American | 15 January 2021 |
| Asking questions about mathematical models | popular-level talk on the misuse of mathematical models in the debate on India's lockdown. | Covid-19 | TIFR Chai and Why | 16 August 2020 |
| What do mathematical models tell us about the impact of lockdown on COVID-19 fatalities in India | a popular-level explainer on the inability of mathematical models to assess the impact of the lockdown | Covid-19 | Scroll | 27 June 2020 |
| Has the Indian lockdown averted deaths? | A short mathematical note analyzing early lockdowns within simple epidemiological models. | Covid-19 | arXiv | 19 June 2020 |
| India's lockdown has failed. Here's what we can learn from it, | On the problems with India's lockdown | Covid-19 | Wire | 29 May 2020 |
| The Pandemic, Hegemony and Disarmament, | transcript of a recorded talk. | Nuclear disarmament | AGM of Abolition 2000, Pressenza | 28 May 2020 |
| Lacking in transparency | op-ed on India's lockdown | Covid-19 | Hindu | 28 April 2020 |
| Pushing the Wrong Energy Buttons | op-ed with M. V. Ramana on plans for importing nuclear reactors | Nuclear energy | Hindu, | 3 March 2020 |
| Protests have pushed the government on the backfoot, | interview on the role of scientific institutes in the anti-CAA protests, | Democratic rights | Rediff.com | 21 January 2020 |
| Talking Sanctions, Endangering Peace | op-ed on U.S. pressure on Iran | Iran | Hindu | 5 July 2019 |
| Imperial Overreach in Iran | Long article analyzing the U.S-Iran conflict | Iran | Aspects of India's Economy | 27 June 2019 |
| India's stake in the crisis in Venezuela, | op-ed on the crisis in Venezuela and India's position | Venezuela | the Wire | 17 February 2019 |
| Jaitapur: a risky and expensive project | op-ed with M. V. Ramana on the Jaitapur nuclear plant | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 8 January 2019 |
Unnecessary, Destablizing and Expensive |
op-ed on India's nuclear submarine project | Nuclear disarmament | Hindu | 17 November 2018 |
| Crimes on the Nuclear Front, | review of "Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb: a story of defiance, deterrence and deviance" by Hassan Abbas | Book Review | Biblio, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 7--9, | July 2018 |
| An Insiders Ringside View | review of "Neighbours in Arms" by Larry Pressler, | Book review | Book Review, Vol. XLII, No. 4, | April 2018 |
| Old Plans, Handouts, New Spin | article on new plans for nuclear reactor construction | Nuclear energy | Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 52, Issue 25-26 (2017) | 24 June 2017 |
| Nuclear Power: Expensive, Hazardous and Inequitable, | lead with M. V. Ramana on nuclear power in India | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 7 June 2017 |
| Imperialism and Climate Change | review of "The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable" by Amitav Ghosh | Book review | Aspects of India's economy | 18 April 2017 |
| A fact-finding report on the events at the University of Hyderabad | with Prajval Shastri and Ravinder Banyal | Democratic rights | self-published | 2 January 2017 |
| The Needless Quest for NSG Membership | op-ed with M. V. Ramana on India's NSG membership | Nuclear energy | Telegraph | 28 July 2016 |
| The Cost of Nuclear Diplomacy | op-ed on India's plans to purchase U.S. reactors | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 20 June 2016 |
| Is Nuclear Deterrence Credible | review of After the Bomb: Reflections on India's Nuclear Journey by Achin Vanaik, | Book review | Book Review, Volume XL, No. 5 | May 2016 |
| Estimating the Frequency of Nuclear Accidents | On the problems with probability risk assessment used by the nuclear industry | Nuclear energy | Science & Global Security , Vol 24, Issue 1 (2016) [arXiv:1405.6658] | 9 March 2016 |
| The Centre is targeting students against communalism and corporates | op-ed with M.V. Ramana on the repression of activist students | Democratic rights | Hindustan Times | 24 February 2016 |
| The Strange Love for Nuclear Energy | lead with M.V. Ramana on the Indo-Japan nuclear deal | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 17 December 2015 |
| Science for Peace | article on science for peace | Nuclear disarmament | Bulletin of Atomic Scientists | 1 October 2015 |
| Political Forest, Technical Trees | On the necessity of political analysis in the discourse on disarmament | Nuclear disarmament | Bulletin of Atomic Scientists | 11 September 2015 |
| The Unlearned Lessons of 1945 | On the role of scientists in the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Nuclear disarmament | Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, | 10 August 2015 |
| No Big Deal | op-ed with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | Hindu BusinessLine, | 1 May 2015 |
| Profitability without accountability | op-ed with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 16 February 2015 |
| Nuclear Deal no Cause for Celebration | op-ed with M.V. Ramana on Indo-U.S. efforts to circumvent the liability law | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 31 January 2015 |
| Atomic Power at a Steep Price | op-ed with M.V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | DNA | 26 March 2014 |
| It’s better to be safe than sorry | with M. V. Ramana, Lead for the | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times, | 5 February 2014 |
| The Impasse over Liability Clause in the Indo-US Nuclear Deal | summary of the Indian nuclear liability issue with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | India-Ink, Nytimes | 15 October 2013 |
| Nuclear Extravagance in Washington | on the proposed deals with American nuclear suppliers, with M. V. Ramana, lead for the | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 26 September 2013 |
| Repeating Enron in Jaitapur | on the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant, lead for the | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 21 June 2013 |
| A Very Expensive Proposition | with M. V. Ramana, op-ed for the | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 12 February 2013 |
| For India nuclear electricity is not the answer | book chapter summarizing the nuclear-energy situation in India | Nuclear energy | chapter in "Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani and Indian Scientists Speak Out" (ed. Pervez Hoodbhoy), OUP Pakistan | 2013 |
| Cost of Electricity from the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant | Detailed analysis of the cost of electricity from imported nuclear reactors with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | Economic and Political Weekly, 48, No. 26, pp. 51--60 | 2013 |
| Questioning the Official Power Policy | review of Integrated Power Policy by Shankar Sharma, | Book review | Aspects of India's Economy, No. 54. | 2013 |
| Nuclear safety before vendors interests | on the nuclear liability bill with M. V. Ramana, op-ed for the | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 30 October 2012 |
| Where the Mind is Full of Fear | on the Kudankulam nuclear project with M. V. Ramana, lead for the | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 19 September 2012 |
| Testy with Tehran | on the conflict over Iran's nuclear proramme | Iran | Hindustan Times | 4 June 2012 |
| The Disingenuous Debate on Iran | op-ed on the conflict over Iran's nuclear programme | Iran | Hindu | 23 May 2012 |
| Nuclear Energy and Democracy | on the peoples' struggle agains the Kudankulam nuclear plant with M. V. Ramana, opinion piece for | Nuclear energy | AlJazeera | 25 April 2012 |
| A new twist in the saga of India's Liability Law | article on a judicial challenge to the Nuclear Liability Law with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | In Perspective, Nuclear Intelligence Weekly, Vol VI, No. 15. | 13 April 2012 |
| Behind Closed Doors | review of Age of Deception by Mohamed ElBaradei, | Book review | EPW, Vol XLVII, No. 25 | 2012 |
| No Power to the People | on the Nuclear Liability Rules with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 29 November 2011 |
| Why Kudankulam is Untenable | on the Kudankulam nuclear plant with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | The Hindu | 12 November 2011 |
| A Nuclear Chain Reaction | on the Kudankulam nuclear plant with M. V. Ramana, | Nuclear energy | Times of India (Crest Edition) | 24 September 2011 |
| Strange Love | taking stock of the Indo-US nuclear deal with M. V. Ramana, | Nuclear energy | The Open Magazine, vol. 3 (7), | 11 May 2011 |
| Towards a Socialist Alternative | review of "From Capitalism to Civilization" by Samir Amin | Book review | The Book Review | May 2011 |
| Nuclear Reality, Damaged Democracy, | with M.V. Ramana, | Nuclear energy | Down to Earth | 30 April 2011 |
| React on Reactors | with M. V. Ramana on the lessons for the Indian nuclear programme from Fukushima | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 18 March 2011 |
| Memoir as Magic Realism | review of Decision Points by George W. Bush, | Book review | DNA | 2 January 2011 |
| India | book chapter summarizing the nuclear-energy situation in India | Nuclear energy | "Costs, Risk and Myth of Nuclear Power" (ed. Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will | 2011 |
| French Dressing | with M. V. Ramana on the nuclear plant in Jaitapur | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 22 December 2010 |
| Revisiting Obama's Visit | longer-analysis of the implications of Barack Obama's visit to India, | Imperialism | Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 5 1 | 11 December 2010 |
| Revisiting Obama's Visit | analysis of the implications of Barack Obama's visit to India. | Imperialism | Kafila | 17 November 2010 |
| Tedious Caricature of the Revolutionary Left | review of Revolution Highway by Dilip Simeon | Book review | DNA | 14 November 2010 |
| A Marxist Outlook on Indian History and Society | review of History, Society and Land Relations and The Frontline Years by E.M.S. Namboodiripad, |
Book review | Book Review | September 2010 |
| Moral Hazard of Indemnifying Suppliers | with M.V. Ramana on the Indian nuclear liability bill, lead in | Nuclear energy | Hindu | 20 August 2010 |
| No sweetheart deal, this | with M. V. Ramana on the Indian nuclear liability bill | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 18 August 2010 |
| To Avoid a Disaster | with M. V. Ramana on the Indian nuclear liability bill | Nuclear energy | Hindustan Times | 16 August 2010 |
| Picturing Kathmandu | with Manasi Pingle, a photo-essay on the general strike in Nepal, | Nepal | Mrzine (Monthly Review) | 19 May 2010 |
| An Account of the General Strike in Nepal, | article analyzing the 2010 general strike | Nepal | Mrzine (Monthly Review) | 12 May 2010 |
| किसके लिए परमाणु सुरक्षा विधेयक | with M.V. Ramana on the liability bill) | Nuclear energy | नईदुनिया | 17 April 2010 |
| The Other Side of Nuclear Liability> | Analysis of the nuclear liability bill with M. V. Ramana | Nuclear energy | Economic and Political Weekly,45, No.16, pp.48--55 | 17 April 2010 |
| India's Atomic Energy Programme: Claims and Reality | Long review of India's atomic energy programme | Nuclear energy | Aspects of India's Economy, No. 48 | January 2010 |
| Obama: The American Dream | on the illusions promoted by Barack Obama's election, | Imperialism | Mrzine (Monthly Review) | 21 November 2009 |
| The Nuclear Deal and Democracy | on the 2008 trust vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal, | Nuclear energy | Countercurrents, | 10 July 2008 |
| Youth in the American anti-war movement | Peace movement | Movement of India, 1 | March 2007 | |
| The Kennedy-McCain Bill | on the Kennedy-McCain proposals for immigration-legislation , | Immigrant rights | Znet | 16 May 2006 |
| Change from the Inside | with Kevin Connor on our disruption of a CIA recruitment event at Harvard. See also this news report for context | Peace movement | the Crimson | 20 April 2005 |
| Our Troops and Theirs | on differential standards applied to the Iraqi resistance and U.S. armed forces in Iraq, | Peace movement | Znet | 27 December 2003 |
| Peace, Justice and Censorship | with Alexandra Vanier and May Habib on attacks on the immigrant-activist Amer Jubran (This article is much milder than anything I would have liked to write on the issue of Israel and Palestine and the fact that a Palestinian activist was deported by the U.S. Government, effectively for expressing anti-Zionist views . It reads the way it does, because the Crimson editors took it apart and re-wrote it, and we didn't stop them in time.) < |
Peace movement | The Crimson | 7 November 2003 |
Statements
This list below archives some collective statements by the scientific and academic community.
A letter to the vice chancellor of JNU on the arrest and detention of students 16 February 2016.
Statement on the situation in Kashmir 21 September 2019.
Statement on NIA actions in the Bhima-Koregaon cases 9 September 2020
Statement on the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill 11 December 2019
Statement on the lockdown and the COVID-19 epidemic 1 April 2020
Statement on censorship of the BBC documentary “India: the Modi Question” 31 January 2023
A letter to the director of IISc on the cancellation of talks on the UAPA 30 June 2023
A letter to the President of Columbia University on repressive actions against pro-Palestinian students 24 April 2024.
