Letter to BS: Despite intense anger among people, govt took mature steps

Thankfully, the government has acted in a measured and mature manner in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. Despite intense anger and anguish among the people, it has not responded with a show of muscle power to give Pakistan a swift bloody nose. 

There is no guarantee that military action will prove effective and not futile in curbing militant attacks. The sub-continent inhabited by a fifth of the world’s population cannot be turned into a theatre of war.  It is simplistic to see the vexed Kashmir question as a mere law and order problem. The intractable territorial dispute is not amenable