It is obvious that the attack on the army camp at Uri, was meant to provoke an Indian reaction, which in turn would give Pakistan a peg to demand International intervention in Kashmir at UN session. Mouthing same rhetorics, "not resting till perpetrators, are brought to justice" and " we will avenge our martyrs" is no longer enough to fool people demanding a swift and befitting retribution. Our HM's statement that Pakistan is a terrorist state which needs to be isolated tells us nothing new. Our response to every terror attack emanating from Pakistan has become predictably routine while there is wave of public anger demanding revenge against Pakistan. But nothing happens afterwards as the terror leashing master minds in Pak wait for fury and indignation to subside before launching of their next attack,
While it has been the state policy of Pakistan to bleed India wherever possible , we lacked consistency in our Pakistan policy and kept on maintaining strategic restraint with focus on dialogue despite continuous terror attacks. Uri is the latest such provocation in this connection we may see the firm reaction of our PM is an indication that India may not play the reckless game as many would like it to.
     I remember reading somewhere that India doesn't have a comprehensive national policy to deal with domestic militancy as well as cross border terrorism. The latest attack also captures the complex reality of Indo-Pak ties, and the Kashmir issue. In fact it calls for an alert security grid and sophisticated policy responses, neither can be achieved by rhetorics and simplistic blame games.
  To me it looks that even ordinary people expect the Govts to take quick action. One reason for this could be the strident stand taken by BJP when congress led UPA was in power. Naturally people expect more robust response now. PM seems to have discussed the subject at the highest level and an action must have been drawn. But before taking action it has to weigh its pros and cons. After initial demand for "whole jaw for a tooth" it looks that the Govt doesn't seem as of now inclined to resort to any retributive military action. While direct action is certainly inadvisable as India has everything at stake --- economic supremacy, prosperity, honour and position which will be lost in no time. We have been mature enough so far not to resort to any sort of knee-jerk reaction. There are number of options such as covert operations, resorting to economic blockade, ending diplomatic relations, etc. Most feasible among them would be resorting to diplomatic isolation, along with up gradation of border security infrastructure as this sort of disaster had shocked the nation. It is very humiliating to see that Pakistan attacks us and we can not defend ourselves. In fact every citizen has the right to defend himself more so the soldiers exposed to gunfire. This right should be allowed to exercise freely and the Govt is not expected to ask them to sit like ducks in the enemies firing range. To deal with Pakistan effectively we have to set our own house in order. Some reports state that sensitive information pertaining to our military, passed on to enemy just for some gratification. Punjab and Kashmir are notorious for fake currency and drug trafficking, being supplied through Bangldesh and Nepal. We have to plug all these loopholes and set our house in order and look at the issue holistically. And we have to come up with correct strategy to counter Pakistan's frequent provoking.