With its crops withering, Tamil Nadu is seeking its share of Cauvery waters from Karnataka. All previous attempts to resolve this dispute have proved futile. This is the unfortunate status of most inter-state water disputes, be it over the sharing of Sutlej waters between Punjab and Haryana or over the heights of the Almatti and Sardar Sarovar dams. Governments belonging to various political hues tried all kinds of options, varying from mutual dialogue to mediation and adjudication through tribunals and courts, to no avail......(Editorial)