The divide between India and Pakistan is far more profound than politics. It represents a spiritual poverty, identity, and understanding crisis. When religion is politicised, it ceases to be its true nature and instead becomes a vehicle for disintegration.
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Originally published in NDTV on 14 may '25.
After the strike of terror in Pahalgam and India's counterattack, the region was on the edge of a catastrophic war. Public discourse became belligerent, and reports in the media generated a state of frenzy. At this point, it's necessary to pause and reflect: do we actually know what war is, its cost, its toll, its irreversible destruction?
Indeed, war can sometimes not be avoided, but it should never be driven by passion or wounded vanity. War, spiritually, isn't wrong in itself, yet like any right action, it must be caused by wisdom, not wrath, by discernment, not by public opinion. A nation's strength lies in wise calm, not passionate impulse.
The current disturbing trend is to minimise serious geopolitical conflicts into trite slogans and theatrical gestures. War is, at best, a necessary evil and should never be glorified. Even just wars entail profound responsibility and regret, never triumphalism.
