Being semiotician, I am euphemistic. I can, therefore, just say that Indian media while monetising the threat of large-scale human disaster entered into the domain of insanity during the recent Indo-Pak skirmishes; and now one can only find 'media without media ethics' in Indian broadcasting platforms. Furthermore, after the Pahalgam incident, India is dangerously following a policy of 'republic without public'.

As if a scene from the medieval era, TV screens in India are showing demolition of houses of Indian Muslims, being justified under the tribal concept of 'collective punishment'. Sikhs are tagged anti-India. A regular army is being divided based on caste, clan and religion. Isn't India moving too fast on the path of implosion? Well, a country with 1.4 billion plus souls must not implode, or explode — after all many countries in the neighbourhood would be in for a spillover effect.

Another dangerous outcome of this crisis is the collapse of Indian diplomacy. Only two countries stood with New Delhi — Israel and Afghanistan — and both have........

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