"If we don't do it now, history will not forgive us,' says one of the melodramatic advertisements released by the government. Issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the ad campaign says that the civil nuclear agreement with the US would ensure India's energy security and independence by "ending the technological isolation we have suffered since Pokharan'. There is also Anil Kakodkar, chief of the Atomic Energy Commission, saying "the deal is the most promising and viable way of bridging our energy security for the future