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Ulta Pulta I am not clear that when Jaswant
Singh was talking about a mole, which part of physics or chemistry was
he referring to? Was he thinking that his latest book in which he talked
about a mole in the Narasimha Rao’s office, would cross the figure of
6.02`D7 10`B2`B3 in sales? When I was a science student, I had to mug
up this Avogadro’s number which never was of any use to me in my life,
but I think Jaswant Singh has been able to use it in publicising his
book. If for a moment we thought that Jaswant Singh was referring to
some spy in the PMO who was selling off nuclear information to
Americans, then why doesn’t he reveal his name? Probably he has a
villainous face with a big mole on his mind. And the very thought of the
dark, villainous face scares him. Or is he trying to make a mountain out
of a molehill? There are chances if he doesn’t reveal the name of the
mole the publisher of his book will pile up all the unsold copies in
front of his house and say "Janab kitaben to biki nahin, aapko
khud hi padni padegeen".
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In
the scientific lingo we use a ‘mole’ to refer to the numbers of
atoms and molecules. Science students never forget the torture of
memorising that the number of objects in one mole is 6.02`D7 10`B2`B3,
also called the Avogadro’s number.