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Hostage situation: Does India have a policy to deal with these crises?

Is India a soft power? This question has been asked so many times that it almost sounds like a cliché. But it comes back to haunt India every time a group of armed men makes the aspiring global power go down on its knees. It happened in Kandahar. It happened in the Veerappan country. Now, it has happened in the jungles of Orissa. Every time a bunch of militants abducts an important person, puts a gun to his head and makes outrageous demands, the Indian state succumbs just to buy peace for the time being.

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