Just because it's Sunday!

 Just because it's Sunday!

I was on my way to our annual sales meet at Alibag when the road took me to the dockyard, right at sunrise. Couldn’t help but stop. The sky was still that soft, peachy gold, and the whole place was already alive in a way most of us miss. 

Sailors were hauling ropes, checking boats, and getting ready for the day’s run. Fishing nets lay spread across the concrete — some drying, some being mended by hands that have done it a thousand times. The first boats had already returned, and the catch was coming in: baskets of mackerel, stacks of pomfret, bombil glinting silver under the morning light. 

Vendors were setting up fast, shouting out prices, weighing fish on old scales, bargaining with regular buyers who knew exactly what they wanted. The air had that mix of salt, diesel, wet rope, and ocean that you only get at a working dock. 

I pulled out my camera and captured a few frames. Not the postcard kind of sunrise — this was the real morning saga of the dockyard. Raw, loud, and honest. 

Made me think: while we sit in AC rooms talking sales targets, there’s a whole economy that starts before 6 AM, without PowerPoints and excel sheets. Good reminder of what “early to market” really means. 

Good to witness and capture this in memories of mine and camera. 

Captured at Dockyard, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.