As India strikes Pakistan, I mourn what we’ve truly lost | India-Pakistan Tensions

On the night of May 6, India went to bed. In the morning, we were at war.

When I woke up on Wednesday at about 4:30am to use the bathroom, the glow of my phone screen caught my bleary eye. Still half asleep, I picked it up – only to be jolted awake by headline after headline screaming the same unthinkable message: India had launched a series of strikes into Pakistan, targeting “terrorist strongholds“.

My husband was getting ready to catch a 7am flight from New Delhi to Jaipur. My phone…