The recent four-day war between India and Pakistan exposed India's weaknesses. It miscalculated Pakistan's strength and over-estimated its own. The first mistake India did was to assume that China would not support Pakistan. In past wars between the two countries, China had opted to stay neutral, but now it came out openly to support Pakistan.
But its biggest mistake was to assume that Pakistan would be diplomatically isolated due to its propaganda about Pakistan supporting terrorism. For this, the present Hindutva government is to blame. They supported the killing of Muslims and Christians thinking that they could get away with it. By burning down over two hundred churches in Manipur and attempting to destroy many mosques, they thought the international community would say or do nothing. They were in for a shock.
Not one country (except the pariah state of Israel) supported India. Pakistan, on the other hand, came out on top, with three countries openly backing it, and no one criticizing it or blaming it for the war. On the contrary, to India's dismay and surprise, even Donald Trump praised Pakistan.
Now Modi and his Hindutva militants know they cannot attack Pakistan in future without severe consequences.
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