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India's transformative journey through Lee's vision.
If you are intrigued by the diplomatic ballet that shapes nations, "Looking East to Look West" is a captivating read for you. It's not every day you get a front-row seat to the strategic dialogues that redefine geopolitical alliances, especially between dynamic nations like India and Singapore. With Sunanda K. Datta-Ray weaving the narrative through interviews and anecdotes, you'll feel like an insider in the high-stakes world where culture, economics, and politics intersect.
- Crossword Book Award for Nonfiction (2009)
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ISBN: 9789814279048
Authors:
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
Date of Publication: 2009-10-27
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Government,
Politics,
Finance,
Biography Memoir,
Biography,
History,
World History,
Sociology,
Political Science,
Society
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 15 readers)
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When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's "Look East" policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But "Looking East" became an end in itself, and Singapore a valid destination, largely because of Lee Kuan Yew. He had been trying since the 1950s to persuade India's leaders that China would steal a march on them if they neglected domestic reform and ignored a region that India had influenced profoundly in ancient times. With his deep understanding of Indian life, close ties with India's leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru on, and sound grasp of realpolitik, Lee never tired of stressing that Asia would be "submerged" if India did not "emerge". Looking East to Look West recounts how India and Singapore rediscovered long-forgotten ties in the endeavour to create a new Asia. Singapore sponsored India's membership of regional institutions. India and Singapore broke diplomatic convention with unprecedented economic and defence agreements that are set to transform boundaries of trade and cooperation. This book traces the process from the earliest mention of Suvarnadbhumi in the Ramayana to Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Lal Bahadur Shastri within moments of declaring independence on 9 August 1965, from the Tata's pioneering industrial training venture in Singapore to Singapore's Information Technology Park in Bangalore. It explains the part Lee played in India's emergence as a player in the emerging Concert of Asia. History comes alive in these pages as Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, who had eight long conversations with Lee Kuan Yew, tells the story in the words of the main actors and with a wealth of anecdotes and personal details not available to many chroniclers.
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India's transformative journey through Lee's vision.
If you are intrigued by the diplomatic ballet that shapes nations, "Looking East to Look West" is a captivating read for you. It's not every day you get a front-row seat to the strategic dialogues that redefine geopolitical alliances, especially between dynamic nations like India and Singapore. With Sunanda K. Datta-Ray weaving the narrative through interviews and anecdotes, you'll feel like an insider in the high-stakes world where culture, economics, and politics intersect.
- Crossword Book Award for Nonfiction (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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