The Issue of Farakka: An Introduction

Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq
October 2000


Courtesy: http://wrmin.nic.in/projects/farakka.htm

 

[The following is a series of articles on Farakka that I wrote for Shetubondhon as part of its October 2000 Topic of the Month. I haven't added the concluding part yet. Thus, I would treat it as an initial draft that I intend to revisit to further edit it at future convenience.]

The Contents:                        

I.  Introduction
II.  The Stated Goals
III.  The Sealed Fate BEFORE 1947
IV.  The "Expert" Game
V.  WATER-related Promises Can't be SOLID!
VI.  Pakistan's handling - "The Smell of Fried Fish" Approach
VII.  Meaningless, pre-1971 negotiations and the Fait Accompli
VIII.  Ganges: The INDIAN River
IX.  The "Ad Hoc" agreement of 1975
X.  The Mujib Period
XI.  Treatment of Ungrateful, Post-Mujib Bangladesh
XII.  Bangladesh: Instability, chaos and follies
XIII.  Conclusion: Some Forward-Looking Thought

 


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