This frustration with the political class—the endless cycle of outrage, statements, diplomacy, and then... nothing concrete. It’s not just disappointment; it feels like betrayal. Because when your own people are slaughtered for their identity and religion on your own soil and the state doesn’t respond with strength, it sends a terrible message: that lives can be taken with impunity.
The entire political class has been infected with “Gandhi syndrome” —the obsession with moral high ground and peace at all costs—it might have made sense in a different era. But when you’re dealing with a state that has openly harbored and supported terrorist groups like LeT and Jaish, and treats proxy war and state sponsored terrorism as state policy, being passive just feeds the beast.
Countries like Israel, don’t wait for world opinion. They act, then explain. And more often than not, they come out respected for it—even feared, which can be a form of protection in itself. India has the strength to do the same. The question isn’t about capability, it’s about political will.
Maybe it's time people start demanding leaders don’t just talk tough, but act tough—and not just before elections.