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MY I t was morning and it was is not a great sight at all.
time to feed the sh. As per
my normal routine, I tapped
GOLDFISH on the glass bowl with the nail of
my index nger and whispered a
“Good Morning Goldie”. But
DIED something seemed a bit strange
that day. Every morning as I
Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee tapped on the glass, I was used to
seeing my favourite pair of
goldsh dart across the water and
greet me with an expectant smile.
It was breakfast time and while
they danced, I fed them blood
worms. Today, I didn't see them
come at me. One of them had
bloated up and was oating on
the water surface. The problem
with sh is that they don't know
when to stop eating. Not only sh,
its actually the problem with
many humans too. I noticed the
bulge in the stomach of the dead
sh and remembered the words of
someone saying, “Fish hardly ever
Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee is an International award-winning business leader, trainer and
public speaker. He is the author of the bestselling book 'Mind Over Water', maritime d i e o f h u n g e r , m o s t
industry's rst book on Leadership development and Team Building. themselves to death”. I said a
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him at 'thenavalconnection@gmail.com' short prayer for the departed soul.
for more details and gallery view, please visit www.captainshoukatmukherjee.com The sight of sh oating on water
That night, in another part of the
country, a storm was brewing. A
deep depression over the Bay of
Bengal brought gale force winds
directly to West Bengal and
ravaged it throughout the night.
Never ever had Bengal been
through such devastation before.
Hundreds of trees were uprooted
and the city of Kolkata went into
total darkness with light poles
falling and electricity cut off. With
torrential rain and oods, rural
Bengal, especially the Sundarbans
area, got washed out in a single
night. Next morning was grim.
Bodies of cattle, and even people,
were seen oating on the water.
Horror stories emerged of how
people's homes in the rural places
were own away with the winds.
The devastation was unthinkable.
Bengal was ravaged. And so were
the people. On one hand was the
e a t
lockdown due to the corona virus,
and on the other hand the people
had to deal with this calamity. It