Sumankumar's yak pad: Marina Yesterday: A Photo Essay

I have been to the Marina quite often. Today's visit was a lot different though. A week after the tragic Tsunami waves, walking by the side of the Bay of Bengal actually gave me the chills. The place brought scary memories and it will take a long time for these memories to fade. It is not the same place anymore. As Suman said in one of his posts, the place is witness to cricket matches, flourishing business, many romances, healthy morning walks and Tsunami Waves? Public memory is short. Will it be short enough for people to get back here? It might just take a very long time -- Nanda Kishore
Marina on 1st Jan Morning. Day 7 from the day of the tragedy.

Marina on a Saturday morning is certainly not like this. I have always seen it as a place with a lot of people buzzing around for whatever reasons.

The fishing boat has no business so far away from the sea. Probably it is of no value now. Probably the fisherman who owned it is not alive anymore. Probably he is alive and doesn't have his nets. Probably he doesn't have the money to take it back to the sea. Probably he is just afraid of the sea now! It is now anybody's guess.

This was the only business establishment I saw on Saturday morning. This is not the Marina beach that I have grown up with!

CRPF Jawans guarding the beach. From what? Can they?

Unclaimed, unusable nets. Costly equipment generally used with utmost care by the fishermen! They just couldn't do anything about their belongings!

Marina has never been so deserted! Literally not a single soul!

Perhaps the only human being other than me, by the beach on 1st Jan morning! He dared & he won! Got his prize catch of a few fishes, which would probably help him with a meal!