Crash is a crash. But not always.

This week an Indian air force Tejas jet crashed during the Dubai air show. Tragically, the pilot lost his life. Six months ago, Pakistan Air Force pilots shot down at least three IAF Rafale jets and four more aircraft, and they crashed somewhere in Occupied Kashmir or nearby areas. The reactions to these different crashes from Pakistanis and Indians tell a story that encapsulates the complicated, convoluted and yet deceptively predictable relationship between the two neighbours.

The predictability part is fuelled by BJP government's ideologically drenched hate for Pakistan. Its leaders' rhetorical aggression, while dangerously inflammable, has become yawn-inducingly boring. To add some levity to the equation, now Indian generals have also jumped into the

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