Bursting India's deluded bubble

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India's deluded bubble and self-proclaimed regional hegemony has burst. The wild beast has been tamed with Modi and his madmen exposed out in the open both on the military and diplomatic front.

Indian mouthpieces, over the years, managed to sprung an imagery of India as an emerging superpower eyeballing global giants such as China. Their daydream playing with leprechaun gold ended as soon as they undertook the misadventure of targeting mosques and civilian population, including children.

A second drone and third unprovoked attack on Pakistani air bases unleashed a retaliatory response on almost two dozen Indian military assets which clean-bowled them out of their Akhand Bharat illusion. This has forced many to reevaluate India's true regional power status, question their defence spending and military skill set and raised doubts amongst its own people about their real potential and capabilities on the battlefield.

The false imagery has met reality. India clearly outnumbered Pakistan on paper but Pakistan armed forces on land, sea and air outclassed them where it mattered. With a strict counterattack strategy, Pakistan managed to humble an economy which is manifold its size and brought her to the table. This has once again opened the doors, which India so aggressively and unilaterally shut, to talks on the Kashmir issue which was manipulated by Modi's fanatic regime in the first place to bring the world on the brink of a nuclear escalation.

The unfulfilled dream of creating an international block against Pakistan has left India embarrassed with her head in the sand. It is in much deeper waters than before the start of the offensive. No one, besides Israel, joined the Indian camp which now has to navigate its way out of the warmongering extremist Hindutva image it has presented to the world.

For Pakistan, the tables have turned in their favour especially on the diplomatic front. Islamabad has succeeded in presenting an anti-war rhetoric to the world by demonstrating their resolve of no-first-attack and using only defensive offence to counter the Indian missile and drone attacks.

Even children in Pakistan understand the internal challenges we face on a daily basis — be it poverty, health and education issues, terrorism or economy. We are followers of the glorious Islam where peacekeeping is upheld and war is opted only when our will for peace and freedom is threatened as the three downed Indian Rafaels can vouch for.

For our healthcare and trauma centres, the war ended before it began. The only blow, fortunately minor, which our health sector took was when a couple of injured were brought in to Rawalpindi's Benazir Bhutto Hospital after a drone crashed near Rawalpindi's cricket stadium. The doctors community of Pakistan, nursing, paramedical and rescue teams stood hand in hand in anticipation of any health emergency but thankfully the crisis was avoided.

Thanks to Modi's war mania today we are witnessing a Pakistan more united than ever before. Political and religious differences have been set aside for the greater good. Our people have poured their hearts out in support of our forces. The glory of our armed defenders is once again being celebrated and cherished. The defence budget which was always a point of debate has proved to be used effectively and decisively in this battle.

With a destroyed air defence system and multiple military installations in ruins, Operation Bunyan Marsoos and the five downed Indian fighter jets will haunt India for generations to come. Pakistanis welcome the ceasefire but are ever ready to thwart any future aggression towards their integrity and sovereignty. May peace and sense prevail in the subcontinent!