UNABLE to come to terms with both its military and narrative failures during and after the May 2025 hostilities with Pakistan, the Indian state continues to flog a dead horse by trying to depict loss as success.

The latest example of this is a new documentary released in India titled Declassified: Operation Sindoor. The film tries to paint the clash as an Indian victory, relying more on revisionism and fantasy than what actually transpired across the battlespace. Pakistan’s military spokesman has termed it a “Bollywood-style” production and a “mutilation of history”.

It should be remembered that the majority of Indian media outlets during the conflict had resorted to high-pitched jingoism, reporting that........

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