taggit Summary
As the village (Bagapatia) is being evacuated, Gunu is running in the opposite direction, towards the ocean, his washed-away home in the Satabhaya village, engulfed by the sea, to reunite with his dead family. He found that Satabhaya village, in the coastal Kendrapara district, was a cluster of seven villages, within the Bhitarkanika National Sanctuary, and despite being prone to cyclones, the villages had no cyclone-warning systems or shelters. In 2005-06, about three-and-a-half villages and, later, only two remained, rest were swallowed by the sea. Panda recalled being chased by a mentally disturbed man who pointed to the sea and told him, “look, look, that was my home, can you take me there?” Panda followed the story for 13 years, he had half a paragraph written, but no story, no screenplay, no dialogues.