Enough Is Enough

Operation Sindoor demonstrated India's willingness and resolve to use military might if necessary in response to terrorist attacks orchestrated by the enemy on its soil

- PRADIP R. SAGAR

Over the past decade, Indians have been lulled into thinking that terrorist attacks targeting tourists/ pilgrims in Kashmir—occurrences that once happened with horrific regularity—were a thing of the past.

That sense of smug satisfaction was shattered on the rolling glades in picturesque Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, when a brutal attack claimed the lives of 26 male tourists.

The assault, linked to groups associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), was an attempt by Pakistan to disrupt the hard-fought peace in J&K. As indignation and anger surged across the country, many expected a decisive response, such as the 2016 surgical strikes after the Uri terror attack and the 2019 Balakot airstrike following the Pulwama attack.