PDF, 24th June 2016
The government’s obsessive quest for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is very like the
hunting of the Snark, a macabre (भयावह), tragi-comic pursuit which ends with the hunter becoming the
quarry ( शकार). Why is it so desperate? The External Affairs Minister, usually a sane voice in the wilderness
of her government, has apparently ( प टतया) said at her press conference a few days back that there is a
difference between sitting outside a room seeking the indulgence (आनंद लू टना) of others and being inside
making the rules. Of course there is, which is why India used to press for an expansion ( सार) of the UN
Security Council, where non-members actually do have to wait in an antechamber when it is in the closed
sessions in which it conducts business. But the NSG is not the Security Council, and with the waiver
(अ ध याग) of 2008, India no longer needs it for its civil nuclear facilities. It does not have to sit outside its
closed door; this government has chosen to park itself there, begging to be let in, like a supplicant outside the
portcullis of a castle.
Established rules
The NSG has already made its rules, covering every aspect of nuclear trade, spelt out in its guidelines and
trigger-lists. Complying with the fiat (आ ा) from the U.S. Congress in 2006, which demanded that India
harmonise its export control legislation and regulations with those of the NSG, Missile Technology Control
Regime, Wassenaar Arrangement and Australia Group and adhere to their guidelines if it wanted the nuclear
deal, we have done so. The NSG’s original guidelines were issued in 1978 and revised in 1992. In 2010, two
years after it granted us the waiver that freed us from its clutches, it decided that its rules should be updated;
the revised (संशोधन करना) guidelines, incorporating 54 amendments, were issued in June 2013.
There is no record of our having conveyed any reservations to the NSG, either over the three years it took to
negotiate (सौदा करना) the changes or after it adopted them, though there are rumours that we did. Under our
agreement with the U.S., our export laws and regulations either have been, or will have to be, amended to
incorporate ( नग मत करना) these changes.
1. Macabre (Adj.) भयावह / भीषण
 Synonyms : Frightening / Grim / Grisly / Lurid

Antonyms : Cheerful / Happy / Pretty / Common / Normal
2. Quarry (N) खदान / शकार

Synonyms : Aim / Chase / Game / Prey / Prize / Ravin

Antonyms : Predator / Carnivore
3. Apparently (Adv.)
प टतया / ऊपर तौर पर

Synonyms : Seemingly / Possibly / Probably

Antonyms : Unlikely / Dubiously / Uncertain
4. Indulgence (N) आनंद लू टना / ल त होना

Synonyms : Luxury / Leniency / Allowance / Privilege

Antonyms : Disfavor / Want / Disregard / Care
5. Expansion (N)
सार / व तार

Synonyms : Growth / Increase / Development / Extension

Antonyms : Abridgment / Decrease / Reduction / Compression
6. Waiver (N) अ ध याग

Synonyms : Giving up / Postponement / Remission / Rejection / Disclaimer

Antonyms : Approval / Accept / Face
7. Fiat (N) आ ा / हु म

Synonyms : Edit / Dictum / Decree / Command / Order

Antonyms : Denial / Veto / Request
8. Revise (V) संशोधन करना / दुबारा जांचना

Synonyms : Correct / Edit / Alter / Improve

Antonyms: Decrease / Ignore / Ruin / Worsen
9. Negotiate (N) सौदा करना / बातचीत करना

Synonyms : Bargain / Agree / Confer / Consult / Handle / Settle

Antonyms : Confuse / Contend / Deny / Disagree / Refuse
10. Incorporate (V) नग मत करना

Synonyms : Include / Combine / Fuse / Blend

Antonyms : Disperse / Part / Un mix / Drop
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