More marvellous machines
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“Amidst the rubbish there is beauty. The gorgeous old houses and shops, the sometimes narrow streets and the great canopied and ancient trees”.
Sore hands and heavy work raising the catch skyward and increasingly so, and over the long years, the catch becomes lighter and there are fewer fish for our fishermen to sell.
Holidays are here and there are plenty of holiday makers from the north of India, We stand next to a group of young guys eating their takeaways – meal over, whack, a big pile of plastic, implements, containers, plastic bags, chucked on the sand. This plastic rubbish joins a great deal more – soon this detritus will be heading to sea for us all to share.
We stroll along the beach at Fort Kochi. Exposed to ancient trade, there is a long history in this sand. Kerala has been lucky – its luck is water and the trade and the possibilities it has created.
We speak to the local fishermen, some have been out on the Arabian Sea, brave and successful in their small boats. They are now back in Fort Kochi to sell their catch.
Here there is something else, another marvellous Indian machine, the Chinese fishing net. And there are lots of nets along the shore.
A feature of Kerala, these are mechanical masterpieces, Peggotty like, flotsam and jetsam floor, cantilever high. This dipping machine deployed by its crew when the tide is right.
Holidays are here and there are plenty of holiday makers from the north of India, We stand next to a group of young guys eating their takeaways – meal over, whack, a big pile of plastic, implements, containers, plastic bags, chucked on the sand. This plastic rubbish joins a great deal more – soon this detritus will be heading to sea for us all to share.
We stroll along the beach at Fort Kochi. Exposed to ancient trade, there is a long history in this sand. Kerala has been lucky – its luck is water and the trade and the possibilities it has created.
We speak to the local fishermen, some have been out on the Arabian Sea, brave and successful in their small boats. They are now back in Fort Kochi to sell their catch.
Here there is something else, another marvellous Indian machine, the Chinese fishing net. And there are lots of nets along the shore.
A feature of Kerala, these are mechanical masterpieces, Peggotty like, flotsam and jetsam floor, cantilever high. This dipping machine deployed by its crew when the tide is right.
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