Foreign policy and myth-making: great game, heartland, and silk roads / Marlène Laruelle -- Bukhara in a revolutionary time and its Indian connections / Suchandana Chatterjee -- The opening and closing of direct Indo-Central Asian relations, 1924-1940 / Surendra Gopal -- Perceptions and strategies: India's relations with the Central Asian region / Anita Sengupta -- The revival of the silk roads topic: a contemporary analysis / Sreemati Ganguli -- Domestic and international articulations of the Indian involvement in Central Asia / Sébastien Peyrouse -- Framing Indo-Central Asian relations, 1990s-2000s / Ajay Patnaik -- India's new look at Central Asia policy: a strategic review / Jagannath P. Panda -- Indo-Central Asian economic relations / Gulshan Sachdeva -- Managing regional geopolitical uncertainty / Marlène Laruelle, Sébastien Peyrouse -- India's policy towards Central Asia: the Pakistan factor / Meena Singh Roy -- Restoring India's links with Central Asia across Kashmir: challenges and opportunities / Mushtaq A. Kaw -- The resurgence of the Taliban and regional security concerns / Ajay Darshan Behera -- The Xinjiang issue: Indian perspectives on Chinese strategies in the far west / K. Warikoo -- Conclusion / Marlène Laruelle, Sébastien Peyrouse.