After 70 years of unceasing rivalry, it is disingenuous to conclude that conventional rationality premised on self interest will be able to resolve this intractable rivalry. It is also merely hopeful to suggest that historical and civilizational links will induce both countries to make peace. India’s Pakistan relationship is a problem of trans-human factors such as Faith, Lifestyle, Geography and inception based on the two-nation theory. India’s strategy has to follow the power of example to overcome this problem. Pakistan’s strategy premised on balancing, revisionism, cross-border terrorism, ideological opposition, reliance on the Pakistan military are all manifestations of its competition with India in South Asia. India’s strategy therefore needs to break the mold of this framework. India needs to defend against Pakistani revisionism, rely on conventional strategy more than nuclear or sub-conventional strategy. India being the bigger power needs to preserve the spirit ...