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This paper aims first to explore the water struggles of a coastal village in Bangladesh from an ethnographic lens. The analysis aims to develop a comprehensive picture of water struggles in the global south. The study has four interrelated objectives: 1) How community perceptions of water are shaped in relation to the hydrosocial cycle. 2) What are water struggles like (content, main actors, forms of struggles)? 3) How the everyday water practices and gender dimensions of water use construct and develop the water struggles? 4) How water struggles (even violence) invisibly persists in society. The physical focus of the study is in two villages, Sharankhola and Khuriakhali, in the southwestern coastal part of Bangladesh. The study reveals that the coastal water challenges are high compared to other regions; cyclones, storm surges, salinity intrusion, coastal embankments, sluice gates, and politically motivated water projects exacerbate the situation