New Delhi, July 9 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Indonesia reflects India's greater efforts to deepen bilateral relations while reinvigorating and reshaping its engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) amid increasing strategic competition in the region, said former Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Vidya Bhushan Soni. Soni said since launching its Act East policy and, more recently, the MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions) vision, India has shifted from merely "looking East" to actively "acting East", placing ASEAN and the Southeast Asian region at the centre of its Indo-Pacific strategy. The former diplomat stated that his country has increasin...