The young women in this picture had been standing in the surf. Soaked to the hips, they emerged from the sea and climbed on to the seawall. Suddenly one of them clasped her hands together, looked into the sky, and began to pray. The pale horizon of the Arabian Sea stretches those prayers towards infinity. The contrast between the body language of the women is quite expressive as well. One of them places her hands on her hips, waiting patiently for the other woman to finish her prayer. It does not matter if those prayers are Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Jewish – the people of Cochin have tolerated all of them over the centuries. In the end, the expression of faith remains a private matter – to each his own. And that is the ultimate point of this image.