India, her neighbours and foreign policy

This book is an uptodate critical analysis of India's Foreign Policy towards her Neighbours. The learned author deals in detail India's connections with Tibet and China; Nehru's political gambit with China; Chinese Expansion and Nehru; Panchsil-Chinese version and Nehru; Nehru's Border Policy and after; Chinese checkers and India's options; Sino Indian summit and after; India and her other neighbours-Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, ASEAN countries; India's foreign policy-its gradual development; Need for new Appraisal; New trends in India's foreign policy; etc.

With the fast changing political scenario in the region, the author feels that India's foreign policy should be revamped linking it to the pragmatic considerations of national interests and delinked from fanciful concepts that have so far made foes of India's friends and friends of India's incorrigible foes. The author also feels that with US-USSR detente and the new balance of powers in the offing in the region, India will get an opportunity of new alignment which should be availed of in India's national interests.