Punishment vs morality - a conundrum.

"At the invitation of the President of France, H.E. Mr Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be undertaking an official visit to France from 13-14 June 2026 (Nice), and 16-18 June 2026 (Evian and Paris), as also Slovakia from 14-16 June 2026. mea.gov.in. Mr Modi "arrived in Nice yesterday as part of his official visit to France," where "Modi and Macron are set to hold bilateral discussions covering key areas of cooperation between India and France." Mr Modi will also meet President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit "amid strains in India-US relations following Operation Sindoor and Washington's decision to impose steep tariffs on New Delhi." TOI. Operation Sindoor followed a terror attack at Pahalgam in Kashmir on 22 April 2025, when three terrorists shot 26 civilians to death, of whom 24 were Hindus, one a Christian and one a Muslim pony ride operator. wikipedia. In retaliation, India is also withholding water under the Indus Water Treaty. "With India keeping the Treaty in abeyance, a severe water shortage across Sindh and Balochistan is fueling fears of an 'economic massacre' in agricultural regions." "According to Dawn, the crisis is becoming increasingly visible around the Sukkur barrage," which "supports millions of acres of farmland across Sindh and Balochistan, making it critical to Pakistan's economy." TOI. The Indus Water Treaty "gave control of the waters of the western rivers - the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab - to Pakistan and those of the eastern rivers - the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej - to India." The British constructed a large canal system but, after Partition, the headworks came to India feeding the canals running through Pakistan. India started withholding water to Pakistan. The Treaty, with funding from the World Bank, provided for the "building of dams, link canals, barrages and tube wells - notably the Tarbala Dam on the Indus River and the Mangla Dam on the Jhelum River. These helped provide water to Pakistan in the amounts it has previously received from rivers now assigned to India's exclusive use." Britannica. The situation is deeply troubling. If India is not receiving any water from Pakistan's rivers, why should India share its waters with Pakistan while Pakistan actively supports a policy of 'death by a thousand cuts'  (wikipedia) which was invented as "Lingchi" by India's existential enemy, and Pakistan's iron brother, China, whose mutual infatuation is "higher than the mountains, deeper than the sea, sweeter than honey, and harder than steel"(ciis.org.cn)? On the other hand, is it morally justifiable to engineer a severe drought which destroys agriculture, causing hunger, maybe even starvation, to a large population of civilians including children, who have nothing to do with the Pakistani Army or terrorism? Is an "economic massacre" any better than a massacre with guns?  "Moderate to strong El Nino conditions are likely to prevail during India's June-September monsoon season (Reuters), because of which the India Meteorological Department "downgraded its long-range seasonal monsoon forecast, predicting 90% of average rainfall between June and September (DH)." India may also need more water from the same rivers. On the other hand, in November 2025, "The Sindh region may not be with India today, but borders may change and the region may return home to India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said." NDTV. Not if people and cattle have died of starvation. In 2015, Pakistan's Army accused India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of inciting insurgency in Balochistan. BBC. In August 2019, "Irrespective of being a province within the territory of Pakistan, people of Balochistan expressed their solidarity with Indians on the occasion of the country's 73rd Independence Day and said they need India's support to free their land from the domination of Pakistan and its military establishment." ANI. India needs water. Pakistan needs to be punished. Sindh and Balochistan are suffering. The very provinces India wants to befriend. A difficult conundrum. What is the solution? Over to Dear Leader. But, where is he?