Fish for sale

The fisherman coming to the shore from sea after a day's catch

Alvai sea shore on a rainy day at dawn

Fish for sale

Fish being brought to the shore

Fish being brought to the shore

Fish being brought to the shore

The fishermen reaching the shore by catamaran/country boat, after a windy and rainy day spent in the sea

Bustling Alvai shore

The fishermen reaching the shore

"My husband is not well. I come to the shore daily to sell fish and earn an income. I was displaced from my own place, Kankesanthurai in 1990. Since then I never went to see my house. It's either occupied by the security forces or destroyed. Now I live in Alvai. I walk a long way in the morning and evening, to earn money to take care of my family. I have five daughters, three of them are married, and other two daughters are living with us. I earn very little money here. We were very rich, before we were displaced, now nobody makes a note of us. We live like beggars here. I am very frustrated, and I want to go back to my own place die there, rather than die here daily" says forty nine years old Mahalakshmi Ariyaasa.

Fish is being cleaned

Mahalakshmi Ariyarasa cutting fish

"I was displaced from Mylitty. We are becoming older. I want to go back, I can't live like this forever" says sixty two years old Thangamani Ramasamy Ratnasingham

Thangamani Ramasamy Ratnasingham cuts a shark

Sixty three years old fish monger Gopalasamy Vilvaratnam

Seventy six years old Arumugam Karuppaiah with his catch.

Bustling fish market on a weekend

Bustling fish market on a weekend

Bustling fish market on a weekend

Bustling fish market on a weekend

Bustling weekend fish market

Thirty one years old Rajalakshmi Remisus with her two years old daughter Rushanthi awaits on the shore for her husband arrival from the sea.

Bargain sale of fish, right on the shore

The fishermen of Northern province are frustrated, because they have to give their identity card to the security forces, and get a pass to go to the sea for fishing. And the fishermen, who go to the sea in the evening should return to the shore the next day at dawn.They complain that, they can't stay in the sea for more than the hours allocated by the security forces.

The fish sellers await buyers

Crows on the shore in Alvai

Crows on the shore in Alvai

Eagles in the sky of Alvai