Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Economy and Development. 2. Politics and Governance. 3. Sociology and Anthropology. 4. International Relation and Foreign Policy. 5. Marxism and Society. 6. Comments Received by Author.

India operates a Monroe Doctrine in South Asia. The way that President Kennedy and Reagan acted against communist countries in Central and South America during their terms is exactly what India is doing in this part of the world. Unfortunately very few people in the West known about this. The following article (referring Jitters in Delhi by Bhim Prasad Bhurtel) provides a useful backgrounder to the Indian version of the Monroe Doctrine.