Contents: I. External Issues and Challenges: 1. Globalization and Social Work Practices/Nandini Sahay. 2. Indian Migrant Workforce in the Gulf States/Diksha Jha. 3. Environmental Security and India/V.C. Shushant Parashar. 4. Indian Agriculture: A Partnership with Israel/Sonam Bhavnani. 5. Changing Dynamics of Indo-China Relations: 1991-Till Present/Dhiraj Vij. II. Internal Issues and Challenges: 6. Politics of Meaning and Understanding of Secularism in India/Niraj Kumar. 7. Triple Talaq/Ritika Dhingra. 8. Issues in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Meenakshi. 9. Drug Abuse and Youth in J and K/Anima Puri. 10. Parsi Community: Battle within a Vanishing Clique/Madhvi Singh. Index. India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a rich cultural heritage. It has achieved multi-faceted socio-economic progress since Independence in 1947. The country has witnessed rapid socio-economic and political transformation since the onset of liberalization and openness policies in the early 1990s. However, the development gains have also resulted in various economic, political and social problems and concerns. This volume contains 10 papers which explain and examine at length the emerging external and internal challenges facing the fast-paced transformation of the country. Part I of the volume, consisting of 5 papers, focuses on issues and challenges facing India. Issues related to globalization, Indian migrant workforce in the Gulf, environmental security, India’s partnership with Israel for agricultural development and Indo-China relations have been reviewed and analyzed. Part II of the volume, comprising 5 papers, is devoted to India’s internal concerns and challenges. The topics discussed include secularism in India, triple talaq, panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), drug abuse and youth in J&K and dwindling population of the Parsi community.