Thinking about Water in Uncertain Times

This book is a collection of six essays by the authors on conflicts around water. It draws on their work and experiences with the Water Programme at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India. Among other topics, the essays in this book also discuss interstate transboundary water sharing and conflict resolution, the formation of zonal water partnerships (ZWPs), and the development of interdisciplinary knowledge in relation to transboundary water sharing. The aim of this work is to develop context-specific multidisciplinary knowledge on social, economic, cultural, legal and political aspects of water sharing and conflicts. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

Sailen Routary (researcher, writer and translator) works with Centre for Human Sciences Bhubaneswar (CHSB), India. His interests lie in the areas of anthropology of department and governance, contemporary history of Odisha and sociology of literature. He is also an affiliated researcher at French Institute of Pondicherry. N Shantha Mohan is Social Scientist with an expertise in gender issues and water conflicts. Among other appointments, she has worked as Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India and as Assistant Professor at Institute for Social Economic (ISEC), India.

Preface 1. The Water Sector in India: An Overview 2. Locating Transboundary Water Sharing in India 3. Water as an Ethic: Three Ways of Talking about Water and Rights 4. Securing Livelihoods: Emergence of the 'Social' in a Watershed Project in Odisha 5. Sarkar in the Backyard: State Fabrication in a Watershed Project in Kalahandi 6. Interstate Transboundary Water Sharing in India: Conflict and Cooperation Index