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The Bay of Life Surf School & Ocean Literacy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, started by Showkath Jamal, is ensuring that you get a lesson in surfing and ocean safety along with a dose of wildlife preservation and pollution control.

Hailing from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Omprakash ran away from his home as a teenager to colonial Bombay (now Mumbai) with almost no money. From working at a construction site near Chowpatty to selling items on a train, he juggled odd jobs until he saved enough to start a fruit stall by the beach.

"It hurts when you see your god lying in bits and pieces. We don't have the right to mess with our environment for the sake of a festival,"

“Like most others in my profession, there came a point where I wanted to do something different and did not want to get stuck in the same routine I was part of. Starting a hostel was never on my mind and yet it just happened.”

“We want to keep our beaches alive. And so regardless of whether we get enough local participation, we will continue our battle."

The Irrawaddy dolphin is native to Southeast Asia but has increasingly come under threat due to tourism and related activities. However, initiatives to conserve the species has helped reduce the effects of human activity.

Christened as the ‘robo coastal observer’ (RCO), this life-saving innovation can be operated from the shore with the assistance of a remote control.

The beach that was filled with trash, plastic and e-waste saw a workforce of hundreds of residents and fishermen join the cops in removing 150 tonnes of garbage in a matter of hours!

Chennai is all heart and anyone who spends time understanding this city is bound to fall in love with it.