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states (Mitra 2012). ―India has already been working closely with the Arctic Council members,‖
Navtej Sarna, additional secretary with the Ministry of External Affairs, stated in May 2013. ―We will
be putting a lot of stress on our scientific work in the region. We have been asked to send more
people to the Arctic, and we plan to do so.‖ He also notes that India plans to ―fruitfully engage with
the indigenous people of the region and work with them on environmental issues‖ (quoted in
Taneja, 20 May 2013). Whether Indian scholars and pundits will embrace this position as moderate
and prudent, or dismiss it as evidence of the Arctic regime ―co-opting the post-colonial critics‖
(Dodds, 2006: 65; Chaturvedi, 2011a: 53), remains to be seen. As it becomes increasingly engaged,
the Indian government‘s challenge in charting an Arctic course will lie in navigating the traditional
waters of idealism and pragmatism, with due consideration for how circumpolar dynamics affect the
Arctic region – and the entire world.
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