India, Jan. 7 -- The quintessential Political Contest Model, as advanced by Israeli scholar Gadi Wolfsfeld, posits the narrative that during a conflict, the state actor is pitted against a non-state actor, in tandem with the germination and sustenance of a spectacular effect. The state actor is steadily accoutered with the characteristics of power and resources, such as the military prowess of the high-riding establishment and the economic premise of the regime of the day. On the other hand, the non-state actor is hard-pressed for resources and thus consequently relies upon a spectacular impact, such as that of an insurgent action, which inflicts damage to the state's habiliments and its symbols of state power. This is the Simulacra effec...