It was an unpretentious story of a community on Fathima Island in the Ashtamudi archipelago, where everyone knew each other. The inhabitants had no legal documents, and the ‘rich people’ were trying to get them evicted. The protagonist, Thankachan saw plenty of things happening around him. There were dead people, missing people, and his living presence hardly made a difference. Despite having big dreams in life, Thankachan was given the feeling that he was destined to be a fisherman all his life, just like his father.