D efence and geopolitical debates may saturate the space presently, but socially, no one was in doubt that the post-Pahalgam landscape witnessed a rare degree of Hindu-Muslim solidarity. Of the organic, human sort. The April 22 massacre drew equal, unequivocal condemnation across communities. The Centre even parlayed it off into a wise piece of high-visibility symbolism: choosing two women officers, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh, to brief the media on Operation Sindoor. ‘What’s in a name?’ is not a question anyone had to ask.