Author: Debashish Mukerji

Debashish Mukerji India’s outrage over the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 tourists, found collective catharsis in Operation Sindoor. The four-day blitz in May could bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party considerable domestic dividends, especially in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections at the end of the year and in later elections. But many have been surprised by how little global support Operation Sindoor garnered, despite Pakistan’s well-known 35-year-long record of instigating terrorism in Kashmir. Diplomatically, India’s reprisal has done it no good at all. While many countries expressed sympathy for the victims of…