 "Selling Teesta down the river")
The stakes are high in the Teesta water-sharing pact, which still remains unresolved.
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it would mean cementing ties with a friendly neighbour, which is Bangladesh; for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, it could mean a comeback to power in 2018; for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an understanding could go a long way in improving the present near-hostile Centre-state relations.
Banerjee is the lone hurdle to the Teesta pact, though since 2011, many a time it seemed that the agreement would be signed.
In September 2011, for instance, it was almost a done deal. But at the
