Decoding Operation Sindoor: In this interview with Manish Chand, CEO, Centre for Global India Insights, veteran diplomat Kanwal Sibal, India’s former foreign secretary, decodes the India-Pakistan military confrontation and “Operation Sindoor,” the audacious strikes on Pakistan’s terror facilities in Pakistani Punjab and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir on May 7 as measured retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attacks in which 26 tourists were slaughtered by Pakistani terrorists. In this freewheeling conversation, Amb. (Retd) Sibal speaks probingly about Pakistan’s sinister agenda of using cross-border terror against India to derail the country’s growth story, India’s calibrated retaliation, the escalatory ladder, and the response of leading global players, including US and China.