How landlocked Haryana, Raj, Punjab hit seafood gold

A landlocked state is not where you’d usually go looking for seafood. But in villages better known for tractors and tubewells than trawlers, shrimp — a crop of the coast — is rewriting what it means to work a farm. In parts of north India, where salinity once spelt doom for crops, farmers are discovering that what kills wheat might just fatten up prawns. While Haryana leads the charge, and Rajasthan is racing ahead, Punjab is also betting on its potential.
Lahli’s leap of faith