Cyclone Fani

Bipin Das, an artist from a small village near Raghurajpur, Odisha, dedicated his life preserving the art of Pattachitra. But the last two years threatened to destroy his life's work and livelihood, until he found this solution.

“Spending lakhs of his own money, he used to walk around collecting palm seeds and burying them like green dams.”

"Back in 1999, we had nothing. There was not a single cyclone shelter. We were bereft of communication systems. People did not when and where the cyclone would hit. We have come a long way since," says Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi.