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The book is written in a temporal manner, right from times of Mahabharata. Author has tried to interpret India’s foreign policy and world view during different eras. He has analysed the theories and writing, related to foreign policy, from different tall standing personalities of the past such as Kautilya ( Arthashastra ), Ashoka (Royal Edicts), etc and other ancient treaties on state crafts in the beginning, and then moving to assertiveness in foreign policy under present government, towards the end of book. Throughout the book, the author constantly reveals interesting anecdotes and keeps connecting them to Kautilya’s Arthashastra .  Author refers to the entire Indian Sub-continent as one homogenous land, geopolitically as well as ecologically. On similar lines, he explains the idea of South Asian Customs Union, Common Currency as well as South Asian Parliament. Author believes that India has played and will continue to play the most significant part in growth and development of ...

The biggest challenge today we all are facing is to provide energy for humanity to sustain and flourish. Developing counties like ours (India) are particularly demanding more energy to tread path of progress and development. Energy is one of the most important component to meet the highest potential of an individual, however we should not keep burning fossils for the same. We need more cleaner, greener ways of power production - Nuclear Energy. In this post, we will particularly focus on Thorium. This shows the energy inequality There has been a lot of talk and debate, and of course enthusiasm, about the future of Nuclear Power.   Thorium will play important role in Nuclear Power’s future, particularly for our country (India). So why not know about this extra-ordinary element and its significance? In this post, we will cover following things: India’s Nuclear Power program Thorium physics How Thorium based Nuclear Power plant works? Why there is still not Thori...

Hello Readers. Following post is contributed by a good friend Shreyas Nayak. He is Electronics and Communication graduate from RVIT, Bengaluru and now preparing for Civil Services (UPSC) with Public Administration as his optional subject. In this post, we have analysed the COVID situation and its impact on Administration. The post is divided into three broad titles:  Part I: Impact of COVID19 on Public Administration Part II: Impact of COVID19 on Indian Public Administration Part III: Critical analysis of the relationship between COVID19 and Policy Making Part I: Impact of COVID19 on Public Administration Public administration is considered as a socially embedded process of relationship, dialogue and action to promote human flourishing for all. The Field of Public Administration straddles an academic component and an action/practice component, with each one significantly influencing the other; both seeking to promote the welfare of the people in the context o...

Ever wondered how the most talked/feared fuel of the world, Uranium-235, is extracted from the earth crust and made ready to use in power plant? Probably you know three simple steps of Uranium mineral extraction: Digging - Cleaning - Spinning. But we are talking about one of the most advanced fuels that humankind has discovered to power the world. It fuels 11 % of the world power generation capacity. Let’s dig it up little further and see how exactly Uranium reach to the stage of Pellets (HEU - Highly Enriched Uranium), the form where it is 8000 times efficient than Coal! Stage I Ores are obtained by mining Uranium 238, which is naturally abundant. It contains 99.3 % U-238 and only 0.7 % of U-235 . We want U-235 for fuelling the Nuclear Power Plants. Ore is crushed and heated to remove carbon dirt items like gangue particles and clay. This is basically an extraction and cleaning stage. In India, Uranium is mined at Jaduguda and Narwapahar (Singhbhum Belt - Jharkhand) large...