Why Pahalgam response poses a challenge

Since Independence, India has witnessed innumerable mass killings. At one time, caste-based militias in Bihar had made the massacre of defenceless villagers their pastime. During the Punjab troubles of the 1990s, armed Khalistanis intercepted long-distance buses, segregated Hindu passengers from the rest and gunned them down. In August 2000, terrorists shot 36 people undertaking the Amarnath yatra, an outrage repeated, albeit with lesser casualties, in July 2017.