This refers to the article, “Depleted arsenal, hollow threat” by Pravin Sawhney (August 25). After years of projecting itself as a weak and meek nation, India is now adopting a somewhat aggressive posture — this the writer criticises as a “confrontationist pitch” and nearly blames the Indian leadership for any possible attack on the country by Pakistan with Chinese support. It seems the writer believes that the entire responsibility for avoiding a war in the region is India’s alone.
Should India always posit as a weak and meek nation to avoid war with Pakistan and China, or should India gain strength and project it too to avoid the warIJ