The Hindustan Times published an Opinion Piece by Dr. Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, titled ‘As a tri-polar nation, India has a critical role in the Arctic’, on April 11, 2021.
For India, the Arctic has a deep civilisational connect. It enshrines a consciousness of human social evolution as a response to the physical environment as Bal Gangadhar Tilak expressed in his work, The Arctic Home in the Vedas (1903), writes Dr. Sinha.
The Opinion Piece of Dr. Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, titled ‘India must leverage the Indus Water Treaty for progress’ has been published in the Hindustan Times on March 23, 2021.
Hindi Daily 'Prabhat Khabar' published an Op-Ed on India's Climate Action Plan by Dr. Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, on March 18, 2021.
The opinion piece of Dr. Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, 'China’s hydro hegemony is overstated. But India needs a plan', has been published in Hindustan Times on March 12, 2021.
Pursuing a more meaningful water dialogue on hydrological data-sharing is essential, but India would require building a lower riparian coalition with Bhutan and Bangladesh on the Brahmaputra, writes Dr.Sinha.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s opinion piece ‘India's Arctic Approach: Not so far and away anymore’ has been published in ‘The Nationalist’, a bi-monthly journal of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.
India’s Arctic approach needs to be well rounded and comprehensive, considering the convergence of the three geos: the geo-physical, the geo-economic and the geo-strategic, writes Dr. Sinha.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha's chapter ‘India and China Water Issues’ has been published in Rajiv Narayanan and Qin Yonghui (eds.) ‘India and China Building Strategic Trust’, USI, New Delhi.
The Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan marks six decades, but carries the reflection of several thousand years of history. Indus Basin Uninterrupted, with an easy narration and rich archival material, brings alive a meandering journey of peace, conflict and commerce on the Indus basin. The Indus system of rivers, as a powerful symbol of the passage of time, represents not only the interdependence and interpenetration of land and water, but equally the unfolding of political identities, social churning and economic returns. From Alexander's campaign to Qásim crossing the Indus and laying the foundation of Muslim rule in India; from the foreign invaders and their 'loot and scoot' to the Mughal rulers' perspective on hydrology and water use; from the British 'great game' on the Indus basin to the bitter and bloody Partition; and finally, as a historical pause, the signing of the Indus Waters Treaty—this book is a spectrum of spectacular events, turning points and of personalities and characters and their actions that were full of marvel.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s opinion piece ‘Oil Import needs more options’ has been published in Hindi daily ‘Prabhat Khabar’ on December 4, 2020.
Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s article ‘Indus Water Treaty at 60: Why there is a need to give it a fresh look’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on September 19, 2020.
The role of India as a responsible upper riparian abiding by the provisions of the treaty has been remarkable, but the country, of late, is under pressure to rethink the extent to which it can remain committed to the provisions, as its overall political relations with Pakistan becomes intractable, writes Dr. Sinha.
