Category: travel
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Coexistence of fish and rice at Kadamakkudy islands
The farmers grow pokkali rice for six months starting from June till November, which the rainy season (monsoon time). Pokkali rice have the ability to withstand the saline water. During the harvest, only the branches with paddy are cut, the leaves are allowed to decay, and that becomes food for fish and prawns. The fish…
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Humans of Kadamakudy – Shanmugan
Here is shanmugan, the local fisherman, diving deep to check the catch. For every throw of the net, he has to dive deep to check the catch. Sometimes you get a good catch. Very often there is nothing worthwhile in the net. There is a striking similarity of unpredictability between a fisherman’s life and a…
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Pokkali rice
Kadamakudy is well known for its prawn farming and pokkali rice cultivation. For six months the fields are used for prawns and fish farming and during the remaining six months it is time for pokkali rice. Now the farmers are gearing up for pokkali rice. Photo courtesy – Jeese Manavalan, a well known local farmer.