COLABA ( Sassoon Dock ) FISH MARKET.
You smell Sassoon Docks before you see it. At 6 am, the docks are busy, chaotic even. Men push handcarts through puddles of blood and guts, egrets swoop in to steal fish, women holding tubs of fish ask if you want bombil. Nachiket Parchure takes us deep into the heart of the docks. A typical day at Sassoon docks begins at 5 AM when fresh catch is brought in from the sea. Located in Colaba, the docks are the oldest and larges wholesale fish market in Mumbai, built on reclaimed land. In addition to the jetty itself, the docks house a series of warehouses where the Koli fisherwomen shell prawns with staggering dexterity. The docks were built in 1875 by the merchant, Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, a prominent member of the Bombay Jewish community. It is the same Albert Sassoon who conceived of the David Sassoon Library located in Kala Ghoda. More than 1500 trawlers work at the docks, bringing in around 20 tonnes of fish everyday. Over 150,000 people depend on the docks...