"The fishermen were here first ... when Bombay was a dumbbell-shaped island tapering, at the centre, to a narrow shining strand beyond which could be seen the finest and largest natural harbour in Asia" says Salman Rushdie in Midnight's Children.These fishermen of central Mumbai's Worli Koliwada are folding their nets after returning from the day's work. In Marathi, koli means spider and fisherman, aptly connecting these two weavers of nets.
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