Overview
In May 2025, India’s Operation Sindoor shook the subcontinent with the precision and force of a nation unwilling to cede space to terror. Triggered by the 22 April attack in Pahalgam, the operation marked India’s calibrated and proportionate response to Pakistan’s deep-state-driven provocation. Set against the dramatic backdrop of May 2025—when Operation Sindoor erupted across the subcontinent as India’s calibrated reply to the 22 April 2025 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir—the book will examine why the operation will be regarded as proportionate and effective. It will capture the intense strategic debate that will have emerged even before the pause on 10 May 2025, questioning whether the action would impose a temporary disruption or a lasting setback on Pakistan’s terror machinery. The volume will also explore India’s emerging Dynamic Response Doctrine, highlighting escalation dominance, calibrated signalling and swift conflict termination as pillars of the new normal in responding to proxy war. This is how the military and diplomatic expertise of the four authors envisaged the book and more details will be in the book review post the formal release.
Full Product Details
Author: Bipin Bakshi ,
Rajesh Kumar ,
Anil Trigunayat ,
Akhelesh Bhargava
Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd
Imprint: Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9788199301825
ISBN 10: 8199301821
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 09 March 2026
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
Operation Sindoor emerged as one of the most consequential security developments of 2025, redefining India’s strategic outlook and dominating the national security discourse through the year. Beyond its immediate operational objectives, the operation exposed the evolving nature of regional conflict, particularly the unprecedented depth of China’s support to Pakistan in intelligence, surveillance, and operational coordination. It highlighted how modern conflicts are no longer limited to bilateral engagements but are shaped by covert alliances, technology-enabled warfare, and strategic convergence among adversaries. Operation Sindoor also re-emphasises India’s need to reassess the long-held assumption of managing separate threats on its northern and western fronts, reinforcing the reality of a unified China–Pakistan challenge. Maj Gen (Dr.) Ashok Kumar, VSM (Retired)
Author Information
Maj Gen (Dr) Bipin Bakshi, Retd, is a Decorated paratrooper and former DDG, MP-IDSA; currently Distinguished Fellow at CLAWS. Air Mshl Rajesh Kumar, Retd, is a Former Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command, with four decades of IAF service. Anil Trigunayat is a Former Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow at VIF and USI. Brig Akhelesh Bhargava, Retd, is a renowned Army AD expert and life member of CLAWS with extensive multi-theatre experience.
