Geopolitics
Choking the Delta: India's Hydro-Hegemony and the Fight for Bangladesh's Survival
Indian MP Nishikant Dubey's nationalist rhetoric criticizes water-sharing agreements with Bangladesh, framing transboundary rivers as a zero-sum loss for India, while Bangladesh faces severe ecological and economic hardship due to reduced water flows from its upstream neighbor. This dangerous, hegemonic posturing by India exemplifies a neo-colonial power play that sacrifices the survival and sovereignty of a downstream Global South nation for domestic political theater, blatantly violating the very principles of equitable resource sharing and regional cooperation it claims to champion.
