Half Full, Half Empty

Byline: Semu Bhatt The 2000s began in geostrategic realities that had emerged as an outcome of the horrific 9/11 attack. India on her part, entered the decade in the immediate aftermath of the India Airlines hijack in Christmas 1999 and the Kargil war earlier that year. The euphoria of nuclear muscle flexing and Lahore bus diplomacy had died down by then; it was replaced by apprehension over the intelligence and security apparatus of the country.