Page 3 Party Report Dressed in Fatigues
Shobhaa De’s column “Sindoor Was Modi’s Finest Hour” reads like a Page 3 party report dressed in fatigues . Her mention about a cordial exchange in a London café is heartening, but does little to reflect the deeper, unresolved tensions between the two nations. —as if war and diplomacy are settled over Earl Grey and polite nods. War is not a fashion show. It’s not a soap opera where symbolic Sindoor and gender-balanced briefings make for strategic brilliance. Two women officers giving press conferences may be a welcome sight—but let’s not pretend it changes the cost of conflict or the calculus of deterrence. And then—out of nowhere—She crowns a new trinity: Modi the statesman, Tharoor the global Indian, and Abdullah the reborn moderate. I’ve seen stranger combinations, but not many. This isn’t analysis. It’s narrative airbrushing. She skips over international reaction, the fragile regional balance, the blowback that may still come. Instead, she takes a swipe at Trump, calli...