The Cuckoo's Nest
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"The present scenario is worse than what the Americans or the Soviets faced during the cold war days. We have a faceless enemy who is stateless by choice; he owes no moral responsibility to any people or society. He is a pariah to his people and a menace to the whole world. He is brutal in behavior and totally mindless of the consequences of his acts and behavior. We have to have the capacity to bring unimaginable calamity on the country and people who shelter him and provide a platform to attack us. They should not hide behind the excuse that the act of terrorism was carried out by a non-state agency over which it had no control. It was understandable till such acts were limited to conventional weapons. With nuclear devices coming into operation- they better watch out. We may attack on reasonable apprehensions of impending attacks and destroy them. It should be in their own interest to control the Jihadis and eliminate them to ensure their own safety and survival.”
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Terror outfits in Asia are looking beyond the 9/11 episode to terrorize the world with nuclear devices. Rogue nuclear scientists involved in smuggling and dissemination of WMD technologies are eager to help Al Qaeda and similar groups in achieving their objectives. Russian mafia groups are arranging sale of nuclear scrap retrieved from ICBM's dismantled under SALT Treaty agreements to whoever is willing to pay in bullion and US Dollars. Indian Intelligence agencies discover a major money laundering operation in Mumbai. A British hydrocarbon specialist working at a major drilling site is kidnapped and taken to Myanmar as hostage. The Tamil Tiger guerillas of Sri Lanka demand the British Government release a Lankan rogue scientist undergoing prison term for smuggling contraband nuclear material, in exchange of the hostage in Myanmar. The murder of a senior executive involved in the money laundering operations in Mumbai sends Indian sleuths on tracing money trails to Sri Lanka, Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The daring rescue of a Bangladesh nuclear scientist held captive for three decades and blackmailed to work on a project of WMD's by the ISI, exposes the conspiracy to arm Qaeda with nuclear devices.
About the Author
Jagdish Joshi studied Economics at St. Stephens College, Delhi University and worked as a civil servant. After his retirement from civil service he had a brief stint advising the TATA Sons on their corporate social responsibility projects, and has been a consultant, adviser and company director since. He keeps himself busy travelling, playing golf and writing. He has been working on two novels simultaneously for some time; The Cuckoo’s Nest is his first serious attempt at story telling. He has another sequel novel at the draft stage and hopes to complete a trilogy in the same genre in the next two years