Every year since late 1980’s, around 20,000 fishermen migrate from the eastern coast of the country to the western coast so that they can earn more through the fishing skills they are known for. They specialise in month long fishing trips during which they spend all their time on boat and come back to land for just a day. They unload the catch and replenish their supplies and depart for another trip the very next day. Their memories of home and their belongings is what they have that keeps them connected to the land.

These men are barely on land because they are constantly sailing and fishing. For most part of the year, their boat remains their home and the crew their family . Through this work I am trying to understand what is the sense of home for them.

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