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Kitney aadmi thhey (how many enemies were there), asked Gabbar Singh, the most feared yet adored villain of Hindi cinema, mocking his punch-drunk hitmen just back from a skirmish in Ramesh Sippy’s 1975 classic Sholay.
Now, why am I using this in the context of last week’s 90-hour India-Pakistan “war”, or describing the nuttiness into which we have descended post-27 February, as ‘Gabbarisation’ of our politico-strategic discourse.
It is as if only three questions now remain: Did the bombs/missiles hit the Jaish facility or not? If they did, how many did they kill (hence, kitney aadmi thhey)? And the third:
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