Synopsis The book Contemporary India with Controversial Neighbours is a fact finding attempt to know the actual position of Indias political system its position in world politics and its thorny controversies with immediate small/big neighbours in the era of liberalisation and globalisation which have opened a vast dimension of inter state relations. Long pending issues with neighbours are an integral part of our thinking and New Delhi wants to solve them amicably but not at the cost of public sentiment. Sovereignty and integrity of the independent India.