3/5 of a Man

Adam Harris was born in British India in early 1947, during the last days of the Second World War. After India's independence, his family moved to the port city of Karachi in Pakistan when he was six. He grew up by the shores of the Arabian Sea. In 1964, he earned a telecom degree from D J Science College, Karachi. Later, Adam became interested in seafaring and joined the merchant ships in 1966. In 1970, he moved to England. He quit sea in 1999.