CONTENTS: Preface, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Comments, Section-I: The Pahalgam Massacre and India’s Retaliatory Initiation of “Operation Sindoor”: 1. The Attack at Baisaran, 2. Claims and Denials of Responsibility for the Pahalgam Massacre: A Detailed Analysis of Deception and Information Warfare, 3. Convening the Guardians: The Emergency Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) Meeting, 4. Punitive Measures Ordered by CCS, 5. Evolving Approach and India’s “New Normal” Adopted at CCS, 6. Investigation launched: Unravelling Threads, 7. Operation Sindoor: India’s Retaliation (06/07 May 2025) and Pakistan’s Response, 8. Operation Sindoor: The Ceasefire, Controversies and Geopolitical Aftershocks, 9. The Media as a Battlefield: Propaganda, Threats and State-Sponsored Terrorism in India and Pakistan, Section II: Imperatives for India to Implement a Doctrinal Shift and Redefine New Red Lines for the War or Terror Against any Country, including Pakistan: 10. The Pahalgam Massacre: A Watershed Moment for India in the War on Terror, 11. The Redefinition of Red Lines: India’s Escalation Thresholds in Counter-Terrorism Strategy, 12. Next-Gen Conflict: How Technology Reshapes Conflict in the India-Pakistan Dynamic, 13. The Strategic Imperative: Diplomatic Isolation of Pakistan in India’s Counter-Terrorism War, 14. Influence of Domestic Political Imperatives: India’s Assertive Turn on Counter-Terrorism Stance Towards Pakistan, Section III: Coexistence with Pakistan: India’s Renewed Diplomatic and Military Strategies Adopted as an Overtly ‘Cost-Imposing’ Offensive Counter-Terrorism Policy: 15. “Armed Coexistence”: Navigating Heightened Volatility in India-Pakistan Relations, 16. The Erosion of Bilateralism: Analysing the Persistent Deterioration in India-Pakistan Relations, 17. India’s Evolving Counter-Terrorism Paradigm: From Reactive Defence to Proactive Cost Imposition, 18. The Indispensable Role of International Scrutiny and Mediation in Managing Nuclearised Rivalries: Illustrative Case of India-Pakistan Relations, 19. The Enduring and Evolving Jammu and Kashmir Question: A Transformation of Dimensions in the India-Pakistan Conflict, 20. The Perilous Tightrope Walk: Analysing the Elevated Risk of Miscalculation and Unintended Escalation in Nuclearised India-Pakistan Relations, Tables, The International Institute of Jammu and Kashmir Studies and Analysis (IIJSA), Jammu, About the Book, About the Author, Index.