Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast

Nicely written, articulate & interesting.
Each chapter is in a different location, following a story related to the central theme - fish. Fish as food, fishing as an occupation, fish as medical cure, fishing as a sport, building of fishing boats, and fish and fishing as a part of culture.

1 Kolkata - the Hilsa fish - Ganga or Padma
2 Hyderabad - the faith healing of asthma
3 Tamil Nadu - the Parava people and their famous fish podi(powder)
4 Kerala - the spicy fish dishes of the toddy shops
5 Mangalore - the Mangalore fish curry
6 Goa - big game fishing for sailfish
7 Goa - fishing as a traditional occupation being replaced by tourism
8 Mumbai - the fishing docks & market,the workers ‘lunch-homes', Gomantak dishes, Malvani dishes & Koli dishes
9 Gujarat - the ship builders yards

Fantastic quote:
“On my way out, I stopped again at Boloor's house to thank him. He was leaving home as well, and as we walked to the gate together, I filled his ears with praise of Shailaja's fish curry. ‘Really, that good, was it?' Boloor asked. ‘But then, I wouldn't know,' he continued, this stalwart president of the Mogaveera Vyavasthpaka Mandali and secretary of the Akhila Karnataka Fishermen's Parishad, of the National Fishworkers' Federation and of the Coastal Karnataka Fishermen Action Committee. ‘ You see, I don't eat fish.' “