India, May 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's doctrine will be etched in history as a transformative policy that decisively redefined India's approach to Pakistan's terror-driven provocations. For decades, cross-border terrorism was treated with diplomatic exchanges and measured responses. But under Modi's leadership, India has declared that terror attacks will henceforth be regarded as acts of war-meriting the severest punishment, including cross-border strikes and direct retaliation against both terrorists and their patrons.
An in-depth analysis of Modi's speech exhibits that his doctrine is not mere rhetoric-it has been enforced with unmistakable resolve. The obliteration of nine terror camps and the destruction of eleven Pakistani ai...