Whale in the Pond’s second album has themes of resistance, climate change and impending catastrophic doom.
Tag: Cyclone Amphan

Odisha’s Cyclone Fani: How to See a (Natural) Disaster
Disasters themselves are natural but their nature is artificial and political and it is foolish to think otherwise.

A Brief History of Reading: The Innate Joy of Second-Hand Books
A personal essay on the writer's relationship with Kolkata's College Street, which was battered by Cyclone Amphan.

Brick By Brick, Bengal Will Be Built Again
Kolkata is now fighting a dual war, against coronavirus and the fallout of a deadly cyclone.

Black Market Water: What Post-Amphan Dystopia Looks Like
The rules are different, the new ‘normal’ is nothing like we had ever imagined.

Rattled and Shook: Cyclone Amphan Put Death Two Feet Away From Us
For six hours straight, death stared us right in the face. But not everybody was lucky enough to maintain that gap – 72 people have been reported dead so …