Water

Can the Indus Waters Treaty Defeat Terrorism?

Weaponizing the Indus Waters Treaty will undermine the efforts to help South Asia overcome its flawed & troubled colonial resource and river control legacies. Recovering the idea of the…
▶25-Jun-2025
Rohan D’Souza

The Indus Water Wars: What Comes Next?

India has a strong case to revise the Indus Waters Treaty. But how it gets Pakistan onto the table will cast a shadow on its water-sharing deals with China and Bangladesh.
▶29-May-2025
Raag Yadava

What Bangladesh wants from the Ganga Water Treaty

India and Bangladesh are due to renew their river water sharing agreement. Apart from politics, the 30-year-old treaty has been overrun also by climate change.
▶14-Apr-2025
Sk Tawfique M Haque

Does a Data Deficit Discourse Surround Fears over China's Brahmaputra Hydro Project?

Available data does not establish that China’s mega-dam project on the Brahmaputra could divert water, alter flows, or trap sediments . The real risk is dam failure due to high seismic activity and…
▶18-Feb-2025
Nilanjan Ghosh, Sayanangshu Modak

China's Medog Dam Project: Can India Turn the Challenge into an Opportunity?

The Medog dam project will grant China significant control over the Brahmaputra’s flow, potentially affecting water availability downstream. While it showcases the potential of renewable energy, it…
▶12-Jan-2025
Ashok Swain

Restoring India’s Rivers: European Experiences and Challenges

While structural differences exist between the European and Indian river basin management systems as in the hydroclimatic conditions and the social-political context, understanding the European…
▶16-Dec-2024
Debarshee Dasgupta, Subia Ahmad

Solar Pumps are Key to Bihar’s Rural Electrification Strategy

Bihar’s strategy of accelerating pump electrification may expand irrigation but unauthorised pumps and unpaid tariffs will create anarchy in the rural grid and hinder rural development. However,…
▶19-Nov-2024
Tushaar Shah, Meenakshi Singh, Naveen Patidar

Fluidity and Flow of Water

‘If water is ‘unruly’, to what extent does it need to be ruled, if at all? What are the ecological and human costs of taming it to an extent that we either scuffle it, or reserve the advantages of…
▶17-Aug-2024
Sreedeep Bhattacharya

NSSO 77th Round: What does it tell us about India’s Irrigation Economy?

Data from the National Sample Survey Office’s 2018-19 survey give a view of the Indian irrigation economy that confirms some widely held beliefs but also challenges others. India seems to have done…
▶16-Jun-2024
Tushaar Shah
Book
Review

The Narmada Andolan in the Words of Adivasi Leaders

An account of the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s activities woven from the memories of two Adivasi activists, who were in the midst of it all, provides rich insights into the movement and gives voice to…
▶01-Aug-2022
Kalpana Sharma