Cultural Dimensions of India's Look-Act East Policy: A Study of Southeast Asia

Tracing the cultural interactions between South and Southeast Asia since prehistoric times, the book critically scrutinizes the current cultural diplomacy initiatives of India´s Look—Act East Policy. Reminding the need to look at culture as a two—way process and the need to re—define the understanding of culture in its Space Age setting, the author emphasizes on India realising its unique multicultural potentiality to broaden the outlook and parameters of cultural diplomacy to suit the unfo...