India, May 17 -- Despite the suspension of military operations, India must not dilute its recently initiated economic measures

The recent four-day military confrontation on India's borders with Pakistan ended almost as abruptly as it began on 22 April, when a group of Pakistan-supported terrorists cold-bloodedly killed 26 Hindus-nearly all of them innocent tourists- in Pahalgam. For this cessation to evolve into a sustainable peace, the underlying issues that led to this latest near-war-and the four previous wars-need to be addressed. Achieving success here would entail protracted negotiations and need to be backed by a reversal of the hardened attitude of hostility and the uncompromising stance on Kashmir adopted by the Army-run Pakista...