THE DOMESTIC DIMENSION OF FOREIGN POLICY: REVISITING INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS.

Bangladesh has been in the news for last one month for an indigenous civil societal upsurge. Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon 'ble President of India went to visit Bangladesh during the thick of events and the opposition leader declined to meet him as per prior schedule. Much discussion took place on this issue hut the Hon 'ble President has restrained from commenting on the episode reflecting a sensible role of a responsible neighbor. This paper tries to contextualize the event in the broader perspective of domestic influences in the foreign policy orientation in India and Bangladesh towards each other and concludes that both the countries now understand the value of the other in this growing multilateral world and in the making of an Asian centuiy ahead and try to give utmost priority in keeping the domestic influences at bay in the conduct of inter-state foreign affairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]