This Book Starts With An Exploration Of The Processes That Led Up To The Construction Of The Farakka Barrage---The Initial Cause Of Dispute---And Rebuts The Widely Held View That Its Construction Was Intended To Undermine The Economy Of Bangladesh. It Suggests, Nevertheless, That The Indian Government Overlooked Forseeable Adverse Consequences In East Pakistan, And Delayed Substantive Negotiations With Pakistan To Allow Construction Of The Barrage.