Venturing into the deep and rough waters of Arabian Sea on a 20-year-old single-engine boat, 45-year-old Rekha has been bravely battling the odds from the time she had stepped in to join her husband P Karthikeyan as a deckhand 13 years ago.
The name Midori was selected to honour the Japanese, who with their sheer grit and power of determination rebuilt their nation after the Second World War attacks.
The cruise ship, whose originally planned route was from Kochi to Maldives, received a message the next day, warning the captain of the possibility of a storm.