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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
That night, in another part of the
my normal routine, I tapped

GOLDFISH on the glass bowl with the nail of country, a storm was brewing. A
deep depression over the Bay of
my index nger and whispered a
“Good Morning Goldie”. But Bengal brought gale force winds
DIED something seemed a bit strange directly to West Bengal and

that day. Every morning as I ravaged it throughout the night.

Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee tapped on the glass, I was used to Never ever had Bengal been

seeing my favourite pair of through such devastation before.

goldsh dart across the water and Hundreds of trees were uprooted

greet me with an expectant smile. and the city of Kolkata went into

It was breakfast time and while total darkness with light poles

they danced, I fed them blood falling and electricity cut off. With

worms. Today, I didn't see them torrential rain and oods, rural

come at me. One of them had Bengal, especially the Sundarbans
bloated up and was oating on area, got washed out in a single

the water surface. The problem night. Next morning was grim.
with sh is that they don't know Bodies of cattle, and even people,

when to stop eating. Not only sh, were seen oating on the water.

its actually the problem with Horror stories emerged of how

many humans too. I noticed the people's homes in the rural places

bulge in the stomach of the dead were own away with the winds.

sh and remembered the words of The devastation was unthinkable.

someone saying, “Fish hardly ever Bengal was ravaged. And so were
Capt. Shoukat Mukherjee is an International award-winning business leader, trainer and the people. On one hand was the
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 e a t
industry's rst book on Leadership development and Team Building. themselves to death”. I said a lockdown due to the corona virus,
To connect with Shoukat or to book him for a lecture of training workshop please write to and on the other hand the people
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 had to deal with this calamity. It