I don't even disagree. With so many parameters and our Armed forces preoccupied on so many fronts , I think our govt played a bet on our citizens lives by allowing Yatra to happen. A bet which they lost. My approach is risk averse here.
Please understand the dynamics of terror. If you set out to do something and if they deter you, then they have won. If, by killing a handful, they can plant a fear psychosis in the minds of a billion and force a billion Hindus to change the way we live our lives, then they have won.
There is no such thing as full security. I'd rather be killed on my way to my destination, and let the establishment avenge my death later, than me sitting at home to avoid dying. Because in the first case, only a handful of us will die, in the second case this 'me' means a billion people sitting at home shivering about the next terror strike. 200 died in 1993 blasts, 200 died in 26/11 and 7 died in Amarnath yatra. These were just the high profile attacks with media visibility. A total of 80k Indians have died since the start of the war of a thousand cuts. The sad part is that, as an individual, there is no way to dodge it, but the good part is that as a civilization, it's smaller than a papercut. We can only collectively win as a civilization if we are individually resilient.
VK Singh had said that our security matrix is on a 40-60 system where only 40% of our security is based on the capability to thwart attacks and 60% is based on deterrent capability to pay back the enemy with a covert strike in case they hit us. It means that all the soft spots like schools, temples, cities, pilgrimages are essentially indefensible anyway. There is no technical capability that stops Pakistan from hitting these targets. The reason they don't do it is because of fear of retaliation. An incredible 60% of our security is based only on the premise of retaliation. It means that they can cross the red line when they think that they can absorb the retaliation and the political point they want to send is worth the escalation. By 2020 this ratio will change to 60 : 40 and by 2030, it will be 80 : 20. That's the longterm perspective plan.
Should we hide in our homes till 2030?
The yatra was never a secure place anyway, but your home and office is no more secure than the yatra spot. We have deterred them only with the threat of retaliation. Every once in a while they take risks like they did in 26/11. After all, Mumbai was supposed to be a safe metro city, right?
There is no such thing as safety. Live with pride. Don't live like an insect. If our time comes, it will come. No need to let the terrorist have undue control over our activities. Look at how the Israelis conduct themselves with their head held high, despite being under threat of an attack 24/7.