Spread the loveBy Govinda S. PokharelTravails of Nepal’s Water Resources, authored by Ratna Sansar Shrestha, FCA, and published by Ekta Books in 2025, is a timely and provocative intervention in Nepal’s long-standing debate on water governance. This discrepancy suggests that the data presented in the book underestimates Nepal’s actual flood water availability and, consequently, its per-capita flood water. His critique of Nepal–India water treaties or agreements—from the Sarada Treaty of 1920 to the Mahakali Treaty of 1996—is rigorous and unsettling. In reality, Nepal’s water resources and topography are inseparable, and the country’s fragile geology poses significant challenges rather than advantages. Despite these disagreements, Travails of Nepal’s Water Resources is an important and courageous book.