India-West Asia Relations : Understanding Cultural Interplays: Festschrift in Honour of Professor E.K.G. Nambiar
Contents: Editor\'s note on the book. 1. Cultural contours of India-West Asia Relations/M.H. Ilias. 2. India\'s cultural contacts with the outside world/M.G.S. Narayanan. 3. India\'s cultural diplomacy in West Asia/A.K. Pasha. 4. India\'s maritime traditions: past and present/K.R. Singh. 5. Arab and Portuguese influences and the problem of periodization in Kerala history/M. Gangadharan. 6. West Asians and Portuguese on the Malabar coast/K.S. Mathew. 7. Advent of the Portuguese and the decline of Arab trade in Malabar/O.P. Mayankutty. 8. Influence of ports in cultural interaction: the Indian scene/Jose Paul. 9. Arabic-Malayalam interactions among Arabs and Mappila Muslims of Kerala/M.N. Karassery. 10. Indian migration to West Asia: a cultural perspective/Prakash C. Jain. 11. Culture and citizenship: Jews of India in Israel/Sreekala Sivasankaran. 12. Cultural determinants of India-Israel relations and the question of Palestine/P.J. Vincent. 13. Cultural approach to the understanding of Globalisation/N. Sebastian. 14. Gulf war and the American and the Indian media perceptions/K. Karnamaharajan. Professor E.K.G. Nambiar: a brief biographical sketch.
"This study represents an attempt to investigate the cultural component of India-West Asia relations from various angles. It is an attempt to fill the vacuum in existing literature on cultural aspects of India-West Asia relations. It not only contributes to the cultural aspects of India-West Asia relations but also reflects the concern over some of the deep-rooted and widely-held myths regarding clash of civilization thesis and globalisation.
Cultural relations between India and West Asia must be placed in a broad context, which encompasses the disciplines like history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies and international relations. In the age of re-mapping territories, collapsing cultural frontiers and expanding hybridization of cultural identities, a remarkable interest in this mix has sprung up. This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines. The result is the discussion of a broader range of issues related to the cultural content of India-West Asia relations." (jacket)
