India-Bangladesh Relationship: Water Disputes

The relationship between the nations is characterized by both friendship and enmity. The relationship in case of neighbor’s also follows the same realistic law. The neighbouring countries share geographical, cultural, economic, political, and other ties and these connections can either led to friendship or conflicting interests. The case of India and Bangladesh relationship cannot be an exception and the same is true with these two countries as well. Both share relationship of multiple layers, guided particularly by cultural, linguistic, historical and geographical connectivities. There are many conflicts between the two nations but conflicts are always transitional and can be solved through dialogue process. After Bangladesh independence, two countries started relationship on a good note but immediately after 1975 the conflicting attitudes and interests equally came to the fore which led the two nations towards conflicting claims on different issues and ultimately proved very harmful to bilateral ties. The paper seeks to highlight the issues in their proper perspectives and also tries to highlight their historical backgrounds as well.