Sanjaya Baru | Looking East or West Asia… Which way is India headed?

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) walks with French President Jacques Chirac (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) as they meet Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (L-back to camera) and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (R-back to camera) in Evian June 1, 2003. Leaders of the Group of Eight - the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia joined counterparts from 12 major developing countries to discuss debt relief, AIDS and access to clean water. REUTERS/Pool