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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Jan 01, 2018

Islands of hope, oceans of despair

The families of many fishermen in Kerala who remain missing at sea after cyclone Ockhi on November 30, are still hoping that, first Christmas – and now the New Year – will bring them a miracle

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Author

Jisha Elizabeth

Jisha Elizabeth is a Thiruvananthapuram-based sub-editor/correspondent at the Malayalam daily ‘Madhyamam’. She has received several awards, including the Kerala government’s Dr. Ambedkar Media Award in 2009, the Leela Menon Woman Journalist Award from the Ernakulam Press Club, and the National Foundation for India fellowship in 2012.  Jisha is an elected executive member of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists.

Editor

Sharmila Joshi

Sharmila Joshi is former Executive Editor, People's Archive of Rural India, and a writer and occasional teacher.