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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