Introduction: The Ecology and Myth of Water
Kapila Vatsyayan
Clare Arni
1 Himalayan Rivers: Geopolitics and Strategic Perspectives
Claude Arpi
2 The Narmada: Death of a River
Shripad Dharmadhikary
Sanjoy Hazarika
4 Water as a Metaphor in Indian Cinema
Partha Chatterjee
5 The Indian Ocean: The History, Ecology and Making of a Community
Himanshu Prabha Ray, Rohan D’Souza and Gulshan Dietl
6 Pre-Portuguese Maritime Crafts of India: The Ethnological Evidence
Lotika Varadarajan
7 The Composite Culture of Goa
Maria Couto
PART III WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Ramaswamy R. Iyer
9 Hunting Down Water in India: In Search of Vox Pops
Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; Poems by Maya Khosla
10 Environmental Values and the Quality of Life
Mahesh N. Buch
11 Vanchipattu: Songs of the Boat Race in Kerala
Vijayan Kannampilly
12 Bhatiali: Songs of the Boatmen of Bengal
Indrani Majumdar
Introduction by Keshav Malik