Tensions peaked after a deadly attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, IIOJK, that killed 26 people. India blamed Pakistan without proof. In reaction, India launched Operation Sindoor, shut the Wagah border,

Pakistan ceasefire, one man has stood out — albeit quietly. That’s Ajit Doval, India’s national security advisor. PM Modi’s go-to man on all security matters, it was Doval who thought of Operation Sindoor and commanded it.

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.