After the ceasefire, leaders of India, Pakistan seek cover under their flags

Leaders of both countries have sought to relay to domestic audiences competing claims of victory in order to reap political benefits

Pulled back from the brink by a ceasefire, nuclear-armed India and Pakistan avoided a potentially catastrophic collision, but the tides of nationalism unleashed by the four-day clash are still rising on either side of the border.

Now, leaders of the two nations are seeking to cement a political dividend from the May conflict, with competing claims of victory relayed to domestic audiences attuned to triumphalism whenever the two nations clash.

“The conflict has created a national fervour on both sides,” said Ajay Darshan Behera, professor at the Academy of International Studies at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University.

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