Every now and then an embarrassed Indian politico-military leadership hurls threats against Pakistan. From continuation of Operation Sindoor, to erasing Pakistan from the map, to Sindoor being a trailer of what is to come, to comments on Sindh – the diatribes are so endless that nobody takes them seriously anymore. The familiar pattern is to whip up anti-Pakistan xenophobia to gain political mileage before any crucial elections in India.

The 'strongman' Modi, in an attempt to salvage his losing standing and to burnish his tough credentials in leading his 'rising India', every now and then resorts to limited conventional war with Pakistan under the presumed pretext of terrorism. And this all too familiar pattern is likely to continue whenever the international and regional environment is c

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