Water First: Issues and challenges for nations and communities in South Asia

Foreword - Peter P Mollinga Introduction: Placing Water First - Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt I. THE REGIONAL POLITICS OF WATER IN SOUTH ASIA National and Regional Water Concerns: Setting the Scene - Ramaswamy R. Iyer The Monsoon Rivers of South Asia: A Geomorphological Perspective on Managing Monsoon Rivers - Avijit Gupta The Politics of Water in Colonial India: The Emergence of Control - David Hardiman The Regional Politics of Water Sharing: Contemporary Issues in South Asia - Douglas Hill Global Conventions and Regulations on International Rivers: Implications for South Asia - Binayak Ray River-Linking and its Discontents: The Final Plunge for Supply-side Hydrology in India - Rohan D'Souza II. REGIONAL ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND APPROACHES Water Quality and Economic Growth in India -…