ONCE upon a time, this childless divorcee was catching fish with her friends. They were using nets and a bodi. A bodi is the local name for a wooden boat without an engine. That day the bodi capsized.

“We all fell into the water, but we didn’t give up. The next day, we again went catching fish using the bodi,” said Magdalena, smiling.

Magdalena, just like other people in her neighbourhood, fishes. Good weather is a great blessing for the