Updated on: Oct 23, 2026, 09:59:17 IST By Nidhi Giri Prefer HTon Google Share via Copy link In a stinging reminder to Pakistan at the United Nations, India talked about the 1999 Kargil War, accusing Islamabad of refusing to accept the bodies of its own dead soldiers while the Indian Army buried them with military honours and full Islamic rites.
Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan at the UN. (X/@MattooShashank) Hitting back at Pakistan’s rhetoric on faith, religious freedom and burials, Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan on Friday called out the irony of a country preaching religious rights while failing to acknowledge its own soldiers in death.
“It is deeply ironic that a state that did not even accept the bodies of its own soldiers who were killed in combat in 1999 in Kargil, unabashedly speaks with a fervour on faith, religious freedom and burials.
Let me remind them that it was the Indian Army who buried a number of Pakistani soldiers with military honours and in accordance with Islamic rites,” said Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan at the UN.
Last week too, Lok Sabha MP Mahima Kumari Mewar was delivering India's right of reply in the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly when she said, “It is regrettable that Pakistan continues to abuse the UN platform to peddle lies and falsehoods about the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir."
India also launched a sharp attack on Pakistan over its record of military dictatorships, sham elections and state-sponsored terrorism, urging Islamabad to refrain from preaching on the international platform.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nidhi Giri Nidhi Giri is a Senior Content Producer at the Hindustan Times.
A Delhi-based journalist with over four years of experience in the news media industry, she specialises in national affairs, geopolitics, and policy shifts.
Her expertise spans breaking news coverage, live blogging, and long-form explainers.
Prior to joining HT, Nidhi was part of the newsrooms at Asian News International (ANI) and The Daily Jagran where she led newsroom shifts, contributed to planned content, and edited stories.
She has led real-time coverage of major national and international events.
Highlights of her career include an exclusive interview with Supreme Court Judge Justice N Kotiswar Singh, coverage of Lok Sabha Polls 2024, Union Budget, Operation Sindoor, Parliament Sessions, multiple state assembly elections, G20 New Delhi Summit 2023, India AI Summit, US Presidential Elections, and US-Iran conflict.
Nidhi is an alumna of Birla Vidya Niketan, Delhi, and holds a BA in English Honours from Bharati College, University of Delhi.
She also holds a PG Diploma in English Journalism from Indian Institute Of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal, and an MA in Mass Communication.
