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Balakot

Needless gung-ho

Insisting that India was capable of retaliation, Mr Doval said “What shall we do, what should be our intention, our path, our reaction, the country’s leadership is capable of deciding...whether the action is against terrorists or those who support these terrorists. We can face every kind of challenge,” he said.

Curious variance

It could well be that the Navy was catering to a domestic audience, establishing its overwhelming superiority over its opposite number, perhaps also regretting that while the Army and Air Force captured the glory the “silent service” tag remained firmly affixed.

Another ‘K’ word?

For despite there being a religious sentiment underlying the moves to opening a corridor for Indian pilgrims to visit the sacred shrine of Guru Nanak on his 500th birth anniversary, after a single official level meeting to work out modalities for operationalising the transit system, New Delhi and Islamabad were back to their customary name-calling, accusations and counter accusations.