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The book covers of works on the Hiroshima and nagasaki Bombing including Hiroshima Rain, Rain of Tuin, American Prometheus Oppenheimer, Paul Ham's Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Fallout

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years on: Books that told the truth

August 19, 2025 11:33 am

ReadIt: Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the books that reveal the truth behind the mushroom clouds and why we must never forget.

Inside US President Harry Truman’s decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 07, 2025 10:22 pm

Although nuclear weapons have thus served as a deterrent, the decision to unleash such a force of devastation was difficult at the time.

Man survived Hiroshima bombing, took a train out of the city, survived Nagasaki as well; James Cameron is going to make a movie on him

August 07, 2025 4:30 pm

An engineer by profession, Tsutomo Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima when the Americans dropped the first bomb. He survived by hiding in a shelter, and took the first train out of the city to make it to his job. His destination: Nagasaki. Incredibly, Yamaguchi survived the second blast as well.

An American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (Source: Reuters)

80 years since Hiroshima, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, the nuclear conversation

August 07, 2025 11:31 am

Since 1998, the Subcontinent has seen a few sporadic attempts at evolving confidence-building measures and nuclear risk reduction measures. But these are not enough, and a sustained dialogue is essential.

Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, history, significance — all you need to know

August 06, 2025 10:35 am

Hiroshima Day 2025 Date and Significance: August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Japan during WWII, known as Hiroshima Day.

Knowledge Nugget of the day: 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Nihon Hidankyo

Knowledge Nugget of the day: Nihon Hidankyo

October 18, 2024 12:04 pm

Recently, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. What is Nihon Hidankyo? Why has it been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? What are Hibakusha’s testimonies? Here's everything that you need to know.

2024 Nobel Peace Prize: The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, one of the very few structures that weren't completely obliterated after the Nuclear bomb was dropped.

Nobel Peace Prize 2024: Who are the winners and why have they been awarded?

October 14, 2024 11:00 am

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation of survivors of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. In doing so, the Nobel Committee has highlighted the power of their testimonies and the need for disarmament.

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Bombing Nagasaki: Why the US dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan

August 10, 2023 9:54 am

An atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki mere days after the catastrophic bombing of Hiroshima. Why? Was the first atomic bomb not enough? What did the bombing of Nagasaki achieve?

Photo of what became later Hiroshima Peace Memorial among the ruins of buildings in Hiroshima, in early October, 1945, photo by Shigeo Hayashi.

This Quote Means: ‘Atomic bomb deadened the finest feeling that sustained mankind,’ said Gandhi

August 07, 2023 10:35 am

Many renowned figures across the world condemned the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9 in 1945, respectively, including MK Gandhi. Here's what he said.