At The Edge

Cross-posted from my Kashmir Blog With expert inputs from yours truly...first part of the last concluding part of Sumit Kumar's 'Kashmir Ki Kahani' is out. Read and become an instant expert on Masala-e-Kashmir. Check it out at  newslaundry.com In this part the story gets even more intertwined with story of India. -0- Previously: Educating Indians on Kashmir through Comics

Neighbors at Jammu. December, 2012  -0- Banjaras at Fort Kochi, February ,2013. -0-

Sun rises over backwaters near Cherai  Beach. Two fishermen are at work. Laying net Getting into water to trap fish into the net   Movement is water causes a shrimp to jump out of water and onto land. They work. The catch. Or, what I assume is the catch. The fish have some kind of spike growing on their body. The fisherman uses these spikes to pile them up. And before leaving throws them back into the water. Which attracts more fish, the fish they actually intend to catch. Then they walk away with the actual catch. They walk to another spot and repeat the process all over again. -0-

Sunset at Cherai Beach Early Morning Fishing in backwaters near Cherai Beach Graffiti from 2012 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Fort Cochin Cat and fish relations at fish market of Fort Kochi Chinese Fishing Net Gods and artist. Fort Kochi. Girls day out at the beach. Fort Kochi School picnic. Fort Kochi. -0-

Ritwik Ghatak in his film  Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (Reason, Debate and a Story), 1974. -0- Youtube link

Mamata Shankar in Mrinal Sen's Telugu film  Oka Oori Katha (The Marginal Ones/Story of a Village, 1977) based on (and in some ways built around) Munshi Premchand's short story Kafan . [ Youtube link ] -0-

Picked this from someone from U.P.land. Pehlay Naukri Thi Nau Log Khate Thay Phir Chakri Hui Char Log Khate Thay Phir Tankha Hui Sirf Tan Kha Pata Tha Ab Betan hai Ab Tan Bhi Nahi Kha Pata Hai Naukri, nine could sustain Chakri, four could sustain Tankha, only body could sustain Betan, not even body can sustain. -0-