A year after Pahalgam: How Op Sindoor rewrote India’s Pakistan playbook

The meadow still looks the same. Pine-fringed and postcard-perfect, the Baisaran Valley above Pahalgam once stood as shorthand for Kashmir’s fragile return to normalcy — tourists milling about, pony rides tracing familiar paths, the soft hum of a region trying to outgrow its past. Then came April 22, 2025.