How India Survived Lies, Spies & Nuclear Blackmail | Juggi Bhasin with Aditi Joshi

How did India survive decades of deception, espionage, and nuclear blackmail? And why were these battles never meant to enter public memory? In this in-depth conversation on Itihasdhir, author and strategic affairs expert Juggi Bhasin joins Aditi Joshi to unpack the hidden story behind India’s nuclear rise, a journey shaped not just by science and policy, but by lies, spies, covert pressure, and relentless global intimidation. Drawing from his book Lies, Spies and Nuclear Rise, Juggi Bhasin exposes how India navigated foreign intelligence operations, diplomatic sabotage, technology denial regimes, and nuclear coercion, while building strategic autonomy under extraordinary constraints. This is not a story of idealism, but of survival; not rhetoric, but statecraft. From clandestine intelligence wars to the politics of non-proliferation, this conversation reveals how India’s nuclear programme was forged in secrecy, resilience, and calculated defiance, far removed from the simplistic narratives taught or televised.

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