India and Australia : Bridging Different Worlds

Contents Preface 1 IntroductionAuriol Weigold 2 Australian lessonsDipesh Chakrabarty 3 Missed opportunitiesPeter Reeves 4 The lizard of oz Indian adventures in the antipodesRukmini Bhaya Nair 5 Diplomatic despatches from New Delhi the Australian High Commission and the Australia-India relationship 1946-1947Nayantara Pothen 6 Conflict within the commonwealth Australias troubled relationship with IndiaAuriol Weigold 7 Australia India relations strategic dissonanceChristopher Snedden 8 Between the dragon and the elephant Australias relations with China and IndiaLouise Merrington 9 Australias relations with India In the light of Asias emerging strategic environmentSandy Gordan 10 Trading placesBrian Stoddart 11 Liberalisation urban space and the decent crowd in contemporary IndiaDouglas Hill 12 Indian translated created and memoired Ethel Anderson narrates the subcontinentIpsita Sengupta 13 Bollywood and the Australia imaginery 2001-2010Sharmistha Gooptu 14 How far is bollywood from my hotel the myth and reality of the global force bollywoodAnupam Sharma 15 Aussies go bolly Australian journeys through Indian cinemascopeAmit Sarwal and Reema Sarwal 16 A new dimension India Australia and the cultural politics of sportBoria Majumdar 17 After the gamesBrian Stoddart 18 A sum of all the partsBrian Stoddart Index The ties between India and Australia dates back to the 18th century They have several commonalities which  serve as a foundation for close cooperation and multifaceted interaction Before independence both the countries were part of the British Empire and presently both are members of the UNO Commonwealth of Nations G-20 IOR-ARC ASEAN Regional Forum and Asia Pacific Partnership on Climate and Clean DevelopmentThe essays in this collection attempt to analyse the various facets of India Australia relations Presenting a variety of critical viewpoints from both the countries drawn across a number of environments cultural political personal sporting and travel the contributors address critical political personal sporting and travel the contributors address critical issues concerning Australias failure to construct and maintain a meaningful relationship with India racist attacks on Indians sporting culture foreign policy and cultural understanding jacket 232 pp.