Unfortunately,some scientists like Kakodkar have also succumbed to internal politico-bureaucratic pressure/threats and carrots.None of the explanations given above are absolutely true.(1)The preamble alone has some sentences emphasising India's interests in the whole document.The actual body of the document contains only clear-cut,water-tight,clauses binding India to all the obligations as desired by the IAEA and the US.There is absolutely no stipulation of the obligation of the IAEA or the supplier nations.It is really humiliating to see the way our politicians, bureaucrats and even the scientists crawling on their four limbs in front of US and the IAEA to get the deal thru' with utterly no self-respect for themselves or for the nation.
Why can't someone stand up and say that we must, should and definitely shall develop every bit of nuke tech required all by ourselves however difficult and strenuous the path may be. Everyone of us should understand that a nation gains self-confidence and dignity only when we tackle some of the most difficult problems nagging the nation all by ourselves. such an achievement acts as a catalyst for the whole nation and many generations of its citizens to brace themselves up to new challenges ahead. Kowtowing to international hegemony as is now being manipulated by MMS and his cohorts will only weaken the national character and induce and encourage an attitude of subordination and cowardliness, as all our netas and babus are and perpetuate to
