Indian Ocean : The New Frontier (Hardcover)

I. The Oceanic Reach 1. Inaugural Address 2. Cultural Dynamics in the Indian Ocean in the Past and the Future 3. Indian Ocean after the End of the Cold War: Emerging Dimensions of a Fascinating Region 4. The Centrality of the IOR to India’s Being 5. India and the Indian Ocean: Old Concerns, New Perspectives II. Literature and Culture 6. From the Indian Ocean to the Pacific: Missionary Summer Resorts in Asia 7. The Different Destinies of the Indian Diaspora in the Mascarene Islands 8. Epic Writing in Diasporic Mauritian Literature in English with a Focus on Tsang Man Kin’s The Hakka Epic and Lampotang’s The Coral Heart 9. Amitav Ghosh, Indian Ocean and the New Thalassology 10. The Hyperreal Waters of Sea of Poppies: New Perspectives in Reading Ghosh’s Fiction 11. The Emergence of Cricket as an Indian Ocean Game III. Of Roots and Routes 12. The Muziris: An Ancient City of Global Village 13. Islamicate World System and South Indian Muslim Trading Networks in the Medieval Indian Ocean History 14. Indian Diaspora in the Francophone African Littoral States of Western Indian Ocean: Sources of India’s Soft Power in its Foreign Policy 15. Linguistic Communities and New Historiography: Constructing a Maritime Tradition in Colonial Odisha 16. Bangladesh: Striving towards a Zone of Peace and Prosperity in the Indian Ocean RegionIV. The Power Games 17. The Renewed Geostrategic Significance of the Indian Ocean Small Islands 18. India, China and the US in the Indian Ocean: A Strategic Triangle to Counter Piracy? 19. The Evolving Power Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Region: India-China-US: Conflict or Cooperation? 20. India’s Stature in the Indian Ocean: Emerging ‘Power’ with a Human Face 21. Collective Diplomacy: India’s Role in Indian Ocean Power Dynamics 22. Indian Ocean Warming: Its Extent and Impact on the Monsoon and Marine Productivity