Andaman : Searching for its soul
First introduction to Andamans happens in our school days, the place where British used to send criminals / freedom fighters for the harshest punishment possible called “ Kalapani”, the geography textbooks speak about the indigenous tribes of Andaman and how they still remain cut-off from the civilization, what these textbooks don’t mention is how beautiful it is, no textbook can. The modern version of “kalapani” Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands still has an old port town feel to it, it’s also the only place connects Andaman via air to rest of the world. The first place I wanted to visit in Port Blair is the infamous cellular jail. The number of cars at the parking lot broke a myth that Andaman is not that frequently traveled place for Indians, there were at least few hundred people if not thousand coming in and out of the cellular jail, I was about to find out what some of the jail inmates would have felt being in a cramped place with so many people around. M