1st Edition
India in South Asia Domestic Identity Politics and Foreign Policy from Nehru to the BJP
Biography
Sinderpal Singh is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
"Singh’s work is likely to be of enduring value. It will effectively shift the median in the literature on Indian foreign policy away from purely power- and interest-based analyses to a more nuanced understanding of a complex reality that encompasses ideational themes. The book is timely at a juncture when India is engaged in an energetic debate over its identity. The BJP’s efforts to invigorate domestic politics with a new Hindu-pragmatic identity and the promise of a more decisive foreign policy befitting an emerging power will be better understood by readers who have had the benefit of the historical grounding and conceptual tools provided by this book." - Rajesh Basrur, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Pacific Affairs
