Two top policy pundits of security—defence minister Manohar Parrikar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, both in the limelight after Pathankot—have failed to turn words into deeds. Parrikar, especially, has become an embarrassment. His latest tirade was at a recruitment rally in Jaipur, at which he said, “The nation has run out of its capacity to tolerate acts of terror, and as a defence minister, I’ve run out of it too. So we’ll do something about it. You’ll see.” Strangely, he also said, “The pain my country and I have borne must be returned to the attackers (of Pathankot)”, adding that this was his personal opinion.