Dynamics of India’s disaster response: reflections from Indian Ocean tsunami 2004 in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
International Journal of Development Research
Dynamics of India’s disaster response: reflections from Indian Ocean tsunami 2004 in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Received 17th September, 2021; Received in revised form 29th October, 2021; Accepted 06th November, 2021; Published online 25th December, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Jeetendra Kumar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Diverse contestations swirl around disaster responses ranging from humanitarian to strategic. India’s disaster response remains largely reflection of these variables in the wake of the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 where it provided assistance to prominently to South Asian and South East Asian nations. In this context, the paper reflects on nature of India’s international disaster response and then captures India’s response to two most affected nations including Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the wake of tsunami 2004.
