The domestic pressures shaping India’s response to Kashmir attacks

Narendra Modi must weigh a response that balances domestic fury with strategic restraint

India's furious response to the terrorist massacre of 26 men in a popular travel destination is being shaped by public rage at the deadliest civilian attack in Kashmir in a quarter-century.

The brutality of the assault in one of Muslim-majority Kashmir's marquee tourist spots - and its national resonance - leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi needing to signal strength, but without triggering uncontrolled escalation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, analysts say.