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The primary goal of this book is to capture the many facets of Malaysia-India bilateral relations from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Relations between these countries are significant because they have shared ethnoreligious and sociocultural bonds through trade, conquest, and migration for centuries. Hindu-Buddhist traditions have dominated the Malay world through government structures, ideas and philosophy, religious pursuits, and civilizational influences before the arrival of Islam in the 15th century. In the post-colonial period, India and Malaya (later Malaysia) established diplomatic relations in 1957 against the backdrop of an unstable world characterized by colonial baggage, rampant poverty, and geopolitical instability. Notwithstanding this, relations between the two countries have remained relatively close over the last 65 years, owing to the dynamic people-to-people connections, mutual history, and strong trade ties. Although there were several diplomatic spats between India and Malaysia, especially towards the end of Mahathir’s second administration, relations bounced back rather strongly due to strong trade interests. In this edited volume, the authors present and argue the dynamics in bilateral relations from the perspectives of contemporary economy and trade relations, people-to-people connection through tourism, security cooperation, ethnic identities, comparative religiosity, and revisiting the historical links between these countries.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Contemporary India- Malaysia Relations by Ravichandran Moorthy and Sarjit S. Gill
Chapter 1: Malaysia-India Bilateral Relations: History, Issues, Challenges & Prospects by Suseela Devi Chandran and K.S. Nathan
Chapter 2: Malaysia-India Economic Relations After the End of Cold War by Angelina Gurunathan and Ravichandran Moorthy
Chapter 3: Strengthening Malaysia-India People-to-People (P2P) Connectivity through Tourism by Suseela Devi Chandran
Chapter 4: India-Malaysia Maritime Security Cooperation: A Missed Opportunity by Tharishini Krishnan
Chapter 5: One Identity Two Realities: Social Issues Among the Sikhs in Malaysia and Punjab, India by Sarjit S. Gill, Charanjit Kaur, and K. Puvaneswaran
Chapter 6: Religious Intolerance in India and Malaysia by Benny Thomas Vivian, Sivapalan Selvadurai, Sarjit S. Gill, and Ravichandran Moorthy

Product details

Published Apr 24 2023
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 144
ISBN 9781666936988
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 3 tables;
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Modern Southeast Asia
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ravichandran Moorthy

Ravichandran Moorthy is a professor in the Resea…

Anthology Editor

Sarjit S. Gill

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Charanjit Kaur

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K.S. Nathan

Contributor

Ravichandran Moorthy

Ravichandran Moorthy is a professor in the Resea…

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Sarjit S. Gill

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