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.

• Preface1. The Water Sector in India: An Overview2. Locating Transboundary Water Sharing in India3. Water as an Ethic: Three Ways of Talking about Water and Rights4. Securing Livelihoods: Emergence of the ‘Social’ in a Watershed Project in Odisha5. Sarkar in the Backyard: State Fabrication in a Watershed Project in Kalahandi6. Interstate Transboundary Water Sharing in India: Conflict and CooperationIndex