Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Turigam area of Kulgam district following information about presence of some militants there.
India's stern message has to first go to perpetrators in J&K— the people who brought in the explosives, helped in storing it and organising Pulwama attack.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Online petition launched asking Imran Khan to lift ban on release of film ‘Manto’ in Pakistan; Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be completed by December 2019.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
So many people, in so many countries have become so adept at “using” language, that all diplomacy everywhere has become meaningless. It is time for diplomacy of “impatience”, or of return to the “raw”. Raw anger, raw and impromptu emotions. Only that will re-establish the human connect, and once again people will start listening to one another. It can and is normally done at a very primitive level, but it can also be done by the most sophisticated minds like great writers used to introduce “spontaneity” in their work.
WAR IS NOT AN OPTION. That should be emblazoned in gold lettering at the entrance to both MEA and MoD. We have absorbed provocations far graver than Pulwama, 26 / 11 being just one instance, without the subcontinent coming closer to war than at any time since 1971. The problems of dealing with Pakistan are well understood by our diplomatic service, once headed with distinction by the columnist. Not amenable to grand gestures, either of war or of peace. A slow patient grind, almost a Sisyphean enterprise. A lower role for the media, even less of domestic politics.
So many people, in so many countries have become so adept at “using” language, that all diplomacy everywhere has become meaningless. It is time for diplomacy of “impatience”, or of return to the “raw”. Raw anger, raw and impromptu emotions. Only that will re-establish the human connect, and once again people will start listening to one another. It can and is normally done at a very primitive level, but it can also be done by the most sophisticated minds like great writers used to introduce “spontaneity” in their work.
WAR IS NOT AN OPTION. That should be emblazoned in gold lettering at the entrance to both MEA and MoD. We have absorbed provocations far graver than Pulwama, 26 / 11 being just one instance, without the subcontinent coming closer to war than at any time since 1971. The problems of dealing with Pakistan are well understood by our diplomatic service, once headed with distinction by the columnist. Not amenable to grand gestures, either of war or of peace. A slow patient grind, almost a Sisyphean enterprise. A lower role for the media, even less of domestic politics.