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A few weeks after clicking this photograph and experiencing the moment while on a ferry ride after an interesting walk across the Fort Kochi area in Cochin, Kerala, India , I chanced upon a wonderfully written article on fishing and varieties of fish in traditional kerala cuisine. This bit on the chinese fishing nets was particularly enlightening especially after experiencing the moment. I could not resist adding it here … It is so true ... when they say ... When the learner is ready the teacher merges … ‘ The best thirutha (mullet fish) are caught in the Chinese nets – an iconic symbol of Kochi –placed at the harbour mouth, where the river Periyar meets the Arabian sea. Parts of the contraption-though called Chinese-have portguese na mes. This could be because the Portuguese brought the nets from their Chinese outpost in Macau . In the 1960s, a couple of open-air ovens came up here to cook the fresh catch ( for the benefit of the more impatient fish lovers). Now,after ...