New Delhi’s blunt message was to deter any further attempts by Islamabad to escalate the conflict following the Pahalgam carnage and measured retaliation
14 family members of Azhar, the founder of anti-India terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, were killed in predawn Indian missile strikes in Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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