How India's fishermen get caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Thanks to depleted stocks, getting arrested for fishing in Pakistani waters is a risk many Indian fishermen take

A strong stench overpowers the smell of fish while travelling along the coast of the Arabian Sea at Porbandar towards Subhashnagar in Gujarat, a colony of sorts of fishermen. There are no concrete roads, streets lights are a rare sight and stray pigs are not uncommon around open drains in the area. Amidst this stands a temple of Santoshi Mata in a pool of sewage water overflowing from the open drain near it. Around the temple is where about a thousand families of fishermen live, surrounded by an unbearable smell..

Among them are four of the 291 fishermen who were released