The selection of the Lashkar and Jaish nerve centres at Muridke and Bahawalpur among nine strikes is a big blow to the chief sponsor of terror against India
The killing of 28 tourists in Pahalgam for their religion is a bid to revive Kashmir on the international stage but it could turn out to be a miscalculation as Modi promises reprisals
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle