1. Introduction.- 2. Framework for Analysis.- 3. Politics, Geopolitics and River Rights.- 4. Economic Consequences of a Transboundary River.- 5. Women, Girls and Rivers.- 6.-The Anthropocene and the Riverine People.- 7.Water Culture and the Braided Life of a Cultural River.- 8. Technology and the Rights of Rivers.- 9. Psychology of Water Dystopia.- 10. Conclusion: Resistance and the Quest for Water Commons.