All pre-election talk of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah being cut down to size evaporated after the Lok Sabha elections were declared. But BJP's confidence to win majority on its own was backed by genius of a strategy, writes Anirban Ganguly

The IAF’s surprise strikes were thoroughly planned, leaving nothing to chance

War is also politics by other means. ‘Brand Modi’ revivifies with some timely, poll-eve military lustre.

When a conflict dares not declare its common name, the fracas between India and Pakistan can assume many shades

From ‘all-out war’ to ‘controlled war’, India has changed gear in its military response to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

Former Union home and finance minister P. Chidambaram talks to Outlook on a range of topics from the Pulwama terror attack, the grand opposition alliance to Rafale deal and cow vigilantes.

Continuous pressure on Pakistan will work better than one spectacular strike