It has been described as a PR masterstroke, but there is another battleground that lies behind the sight of two female officers—Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh—conducting the briefings during Operation Sindoor. Their professionalism was clearly visible, but it also reflects a long, hard legal struggle to get where they have: specifically chosen to reassure a nation during a potentially perilous military conflict
As tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan reach a boiling point following the Kashmir terror attack, a retaliatory military operation focuses the world’s attention on a decades-old rivalry, with civilians once again paying the highest price