Topic: India and Her Neighbourhood
By Prof. Rahul Tripathi, Head Dept of Political Science, Goa University
Abstract of the Talk
India faces a very complex neighbourhood. On one hand, natural ties of history, geography, culture and religion binds us together in a large number commonalities that the region exhibits. On the other hand, the same legacy and its post colonial nation building trajectory has led to unsettled borders, and populations, history of conflicts, mutual suspicion. In this context, India’s asymmetric size in the neighbourhood has further compounded the problems. The numerous steps taken in the past such as Gujral doctrine, Connected South Asia, Neighbourhood first etc have not yielded appropriate results. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has faltered.
The present talk shall try to understand this complexity and the reasons therein and gives some suggestions on moving ahead with our neighbourhood. It underscores the importance of our immediate neighbourhood as a pre-requisite to India’s aspiration to be a global power.
Profile of the Speaker:
Prof. Rahul Tripathi has been teaching political science at Goa University for twenty years. He holds a Ph.D in South Asian Studies from School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi and graduated in Economics from Delhi University. He is also the Director Foreign Students at Goa University at present. He has been a visiting Lecturer at College of International Relations, Nihon University, Japan.
He has published extensively in the area of South Asia, India’s foreign policy, International Political Economy and his popular writings have appeared in BBC, Bloomberg, Quint, Economic and Political Weekly, Times of India, Indian Express. He has also been a national award winning cartoonist and dabbles in occasional sketching.
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