Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Gandhi Peace Prize award ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday, amid a rising military escalation with Pakistan. By Barkha Dutt Barkha Dutt Email Bio Follow February 27 at 5:12 PM All it took was 48 hours to change the decades-old security doctrine between India and Pakistan.
Modi is well aware that airstrikes do little or nothing to dismantle the Pakistani deep state’s architecture in which Islamist terrorist groups are groomed as assets against India. Unlike their parents, a younger generation of Indians do not carry any sentimental baggage from the 1947 partition that divided us from Pakistan. This generation is restless, impatient and exasperated by Pakistan’s inaction and India’s seeming unwillingness to address the threats head-on.
India carefully described the air attack in Pakistan as “nonmilitary" and"preemptive," in other words, aimed at neither Pakistan’s military nor its civilian population. It appears as if President Trump had a forewarning when he said last week that India was “looking at something very strong.” Sure enough, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed the Indian strikes as a “counter-terrorism” measure.
On social media, some horrific videos of an injured Varthaman were circulated, in what the Indian foreign ministry called a “vulgar display” in violation of the Geneva Conventions. And suddenly, the conversation at least momentarily shifted from how to bring the Jaish-e-Muhammad and Azhar to justice to how to bring Varthaman home.
India did the right thing!
Why are you taking sides with India?Isn’t it biased reporting..play fair
What kind of silly one sided analysis is this?instead of bashing India for intruding and violating Pakistan’s air space,crossing the LOC,you are endorsing there irresponsible behaviour! Is it ok to just enter into another country’s space and expect they won’t respond?
Such biased journalism! Even Pakistan has made its point clear. SayNoToWar PakistanZindabad
hoping you can solve with diplomacy and not with weapons ... Pakistan India
India must follow the UNO resolution about Kashmir Dispute & remove his coward army from Kashmir
imrankhan you don't know india perfectly.We can make your country a beautiful burning-ground for the safe of our country. Hope america must help india in future. Pakistan challenged us,we will see you Pakistan....soon we acquire islamabad.
It's 2019 and civilized world does not believe in law of Jungle. WPO shud question the credibility of Indian's claims first. You can't blame someone without proof and attack them. It looks so bad for WPO and it will be black mark when we will see back after 30 years.
Yeah baseless accusations for an insider's job PulwamaAttack and cashing on it for upcoming elections and violating our airspace on the cost of thier safety, that's what they have made clear. Ps. bjp is the very reason
Such a biased article, stating false truths. No terrorists were killed in 26th Feb Indian bombing of balakot area, how do I know; because India has not provided a single proof of doing so.
What is this nonsense, how can you come to the conclusions that you have drawn with a rational mind. You are really dumb that you cannot even relate and present the events properly.
Thts writer of above opinion BDUTT a war mongerer changing colours. What point has India made by striking? Indias pilot is held by Pakistan and debris of MIG21 is lying in some field. Is this the point India want to made? If it is, then surely they have made it upto the mark.!
and the point was that the tea Pakistan served was fantastic
Made a point to be sure to win more seats in the coming Elections😃😃
Again no proof or evidence regarding presence of JeM camp as well as 300 of it’s students provided by Indian authorities. BDUTT good attempt but failed.
Meanwhile India making its point. 🤣
India is only getting started. Pakistan has long taken advantage of a weak India but not anymore This guy is the Trump of India He bleeds patriotism and has a work-ethic that has never been seen before Terrorists harboring in Pakistan(not Pakistan itself) need to be shackled
barkha datt...the spin doctor....very cunningly you are face saving indain brutality in kashmir ang agression in pakistan
Modi was an extremist terrorist who led gangs against innocent people in India, before he became PM of India.! Expect from him warmongering violence and hatred! 2 Justice is the only way to peace. wars bring nothing but destruction. Do not even think about waging wars!
Pakistan needs to destroy Terrorists to save their own people. Pak people love India. India medically help huge Pak people with success. Imran Khan knows Indian hospitality better than any Pak Leaders. Pak may agree to Indian conditions due to World pressure. But India needs War
But we Pakistani now no more believe on modi government. Only waste of time .
Pakistan has also made its point to India
Mind your own business. They've been dealing with Islamists bs in that region for 800 years. This one area in particular since the 1940s. India is finally not taking any crap anymore. Pakistan has been a breeding ground for terrorist training groups for decades. It's got to stop
India or Modi election. What they had earned, any proofs shown or seen. Other side made their point very clear and world with eyes have seen and noticed well.
LOL. By BDUTT. Isn't she the cheerleader from day before yesterday with playcard 'Justice' written all over it?
I don't know about that... moody looks like he's still got alot to prove from that look narendramodi
what point? do you have any substance? Modi has only given a point to Indian Media to beg for Modi votes.