Hema Narayanan

There's plenty of livestock at India's largest camel market, but Hema Narayanan finds the 'Ship of the Desert' is no longer a premium product. When oil is easier to buy than water the days of the caravanserai are fading - and camels too have to eat.

Those who live in the backwaters of Kerala are raised as much on water as on land. Once a year they celebrate their waterborne life with India's largest boat race: Hema Narayanan attends.