This book attempts to locate the various aspects of Indo-Portuguese relationship through historical heritage, legacy and diplomacy. Going deep into the historical basis of Indo-Portuguese relationship, it tries to understand the response of these nations to the international political developments like Cold War and their impact on relationship between them.

Studying the relations between India and Portugal during the Cold War and post-Cold War years, it also explores the potential underlying mechanism of effective inter-cultural interactions to which a nation identifies itself within the complexities of global politics.