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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
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