Includes bibliographical referencesand index.

Is there a core cultural self-image of India? / Anindita N. Balslev -- Two Indias : Gandhiji and modern India / J. Galtung -- Time, space and self-image in Indian culture / Lokesh Chandra -- Vedic tradition and civilization / N. Kazanas -- On three images of India / Balmiki Prasad Singh -- Cross-cultural conversation and diplomacy / Shyam Saran -- Politics of democracy and the politics of religion in a post-secular age / Ashis Nandy -- Bridging divide : the triumph of Bollywood / Madhu Purnima Kishwar -- Conceptualizing India : the given and the borrowed / Kapil Kapoor -- India as the other in partition literature / Sukrita Paul Kumar -- Ensuring harmony in a pluralistic society : role of government / D.R. Kaarthikeyan -- Negotiating compromises in cross-cultural conversations / Dietmar Rothermund -- India’s image through the lens of Italian travellers, from first century AD to twentieth century / Ugo Astuto.