Following fish: travels around the Indian coast

✍ Scribed by Subramanian, Samanth

• Book ID: 100247627
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd;Atlantic Books
• Year: 2011;2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 0857896024

✦ Synopsis

In a coastline as long and diverse as India's, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds - food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying along the edges of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian delivers a kaleidoscope of extraordinary stories. Following Fish conducts rich journalistic investigations of, among others, the use of fish to treat asthmatics in Hyderabad; of the preparation and the process of eating West Bengal's prized hilsa; of the ancient art of building fishing boats in Gujarat; of the fiery cuisine and the singul.;Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Epigraph page; Contents; Introduction; 1. On hunting the hilsa and mastering its bones; 2. On swallowing a live fish; 3. On the ear lobe that changed history; 4. On an odyssey through toddy shops; 5. On searching for a once-lost love; 6. On pursuing the fastest fish in the ocean; 7. On grieving for bygone beaches and fish; 8. On seeking to eat as a city once ate; 9. On the crafting of a fishing boat; Afterword; Acknowledgements; Note on the Author.