Articles by Madhava Prasad

August 28, 1976 based on knowledge of how canals are administered in practice. The 'in practice' is important, for there are several generalised accounts of how canal administration is designed to work in principle in different parts of India.'' What is lacking in these accounts is an interest in the divergence between principle and practice, such as [ have sketched for information feedback on southern canals; and an interest in the fussy organisational details of canal administration in various pat's of India, such as I have sketched for the Maharashtra method of water, accounting.