Dehradun, May 5 -- At the Alang Ship Breaking Yard

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Did you know that ship breaking is actually a thing? Have you ever wondered what happens to these massive sea monsters when they get old, which is around the age of 30? Are they sunk into the sea? Well not really because you don't want a lot of rusted metal lying below the waters and impacting marine ecosystems. And in this day and age we are not talking about wooden vessels which sunk quite often during the voyages of discovery from the 1400s to 1700s but didn't destroy marine life. These modern day ships are giants and there are many such giants from the booming merchant navy days of the 1980s and 1990s that just can't just be left o...