Book description
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 singular spirit of Kerala's
toddy shops; of the food and the lives of Mumbai's first peoples; of
the history of
an old Catholic fishing community in Tamil Nadu; and of the hunt
for the world's fastest fish near Goa.
Pulsating with pleasure, adventure and discovery, and tempered by
nostalgia and loss, Following Fish reveals a series of
unknown Indias in a book as revealing of the subcontinent as any
three times its length.
Samanth Subramanian studied journalism at Pennsylvania State
University and international relations at Columbia University. He has
written for, among other publications, Mint, the Far
Eastern Economic Review, Foreign Policy, New
Republic, Foreign Affairs, The National and The
Hindu. This is his first book.
