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with mustard oil, onions and green shermen cut the net with a knife

chili. and the turtle was released. In the
The moon was right over our head early morning we had breakfast MY PAINFUL JOB

and incidentally it happened to be with fried sh and puffed rice. The
the full moon night. The shermen boat was loaded with varieties of

then cooked rice, sh curry and sh and the boat arrived along the

pulses. We had a sumptuous dinner. coast. We thanked the shermen

After dinner the shermen smoked and returned to our forest

tobacco from the hookah in turns bungalow.

and commenced their folk songs My friend was a scientist in the

accompanied by ute , drums and Chandipur missile center . We had

cymbals. The melodies were the opportunity to visit this center

rejuvenating and the full moon He escorted us and we had a long

overhead and the sound of the trip around the center in an open

w a v e s c re a t e d a h e a v e n ly car. We visited the mission control Its not the weight which brings you down

environment with energy. At room , the launching pad, the but the way you carry it

midnight we took rest. construction of the missile and the

Early at dawn the shermen pulled laboratory where up gradation of

their nets close to the boat and the missile development was carried
Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee
nets came up lled with sh. They out. This trip to Chandipur remains

loaded the boat with sh and took etched in my memory.

about two hours to nish the Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee is an International award-winning business leader, trainer and

operation. While pulling the last public speaker. He is the author of the bestselling book 'Mind Over Water', maritime
industry's rst book on Leadership development and Team Building.
part of the net on board, we saw a To connect with Shoukat or to book him for a lecture of training workshop please write to

huge sea turtle entangled in the net. him at 'thenavalconnection@gmail.com'
for more details and gallery view, please visit www.captainshoukatmukherjee.com
The turtle was following the ship

and it was sea green in colour. We
were so delighted to see this turtle

so close. Anyhow, one of the