(August 2, 1999, The Chugoku Shimbun)

One of the leading members of India's grass-root anti-nuclear group 'Movement of India's nuclear disarmament - MIND", Achin Vanaik (age 52), who came to Hiroshima to participate at the Gensuikin's (Japanese Congress against A and H Bombs) world conference, said explicitly in a press conference that he would make a proposal to the mayors to implement the idea of a mutual delegation of students among India, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The purpose of this proposal is to promote an anti-nuclear consensus. He will prepare an official proposal, which will be presented, by Mind and a group from the Christian Association. The plan is to approach both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki mayors while he stays in Japan.

According to Vanaik, the first steps are to send a male and a female student, ages 14 to 16 to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for 10 to 14 days. The selection of a delegation will be done by an essay contest. After 2 or 3 years, these groups will invite students from Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a second step. Several schools in India have already agreed to support this plan.