India has crossed just one battle line, but many more lie ahead
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. More precisely, it grows from the air-to-air missiles mounted on an upgraded but ageing MiG 21 Bison fighter-interceptor flown by the intrepid Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who took on U.S.-made Pakistani F-16s on Feb 27. Around the time the young pilot was repatriated to India…