Dan Krajewski, Skipper and Owner of the F/V Katherine-S (a Salmon Purse-Seiner in Alaska) is a man I grew very fond of, in the few months that I worked on his boat. I had hired on as Deckhand-cum-Cook. Commercial fishermen work hard and eat well. One of the perks of the job. The only problem...Read More

Shabari passed on a few years ago. On into the arms of his great mother. I still remember the earnest simplicity in which he shared what was to him an unassailable fact – that he has two Mothers and two Fathers – Human Mother, EARTH Mother; Human Father, SUN Father. He was a master storyteller....Read More

Amongst my whole class of studious and proper 18 year olds, I remember an older-than-the-rest person in a well-worn blue jersey, using an old notebook and a pencil, diligently taking notes in class. Over the next month, as I got to know more about him and his work prior, I also got to know that...Read More

Alone, kneeling, with your hand deep inside a freshly laid nest, you cant help but keep an eye out down the beach for anyone approaching. Some nights I’d see a tall wraith-like figure approaching at a fast and peculiarly-recognizable pace. Mayavan, dressed in a white-grey shirt, lungi and head-wrap, carrying his cloth bags and (the...Read More