No Guarantees – A Family Ponders its Future
Ambati Simanchal and Ambati Ankama are a young married couple from the Bada Arjyapalli region of the Ganjam ...
Estuarine
Waiting for my son
A. Achamma, is now 70 years old. Frail and crippled, this fisherwoman lives in the coastal village of Sana Nolia ...
Struggles of an old couple in a fishing village
It had been four years since her husband, D.Mukodu, passed away. One day, at sea, during high tide, waves lashed ...
The wife awaits her husband’s return
Lakshmi, is a 23-year-old homemaker from Odisha's Nua Podampeta fishing village in the Ganjam district, Odisha. ...
Shells to the rescue of the old and frail
Surukulu Potamma and Surukulu Shriram hail from the Podampeta village in the Ganjam district, Odisha, and belong ...
Life in a cage
Gareya had followed the norm of his forefathers, of remaining in his coastal village and setting out each day from ...
We are not Daughters; We are our Parent’s Sons
Aarti Behera and Bijaya Behera are sisters. Hailing from a fishing family in the coastal village of Purnabandha, ...
The story of a girl who sacrificed her smile
She returns to her village for a month, only during the vacation granted by her company during Dussehra. At ...
From hauling fishing nets to lifting cement bags
“Lack of income from fishing in Purnabandha has taken me away from my family.” Purna Chandra Behera had taken up ...
Losing land to shrimp farms
Pratap Sarker has seen first-hand how his village has changed over the course of a mere forty years. A resident of ...