With cyclone Amphan and the novel coronavirus pandemic coinciding, Odisha's crafts industry fears for its survival "Cyclone ka prabhav badh gaya hai (The cyclone seems to have gotten stronger)," says Raghunath Das, a palm-leaf engraver based in the craft hub of Raghurajpur near Puri, pointing to the grey skies.
His face is riddled with worry as he looks back at his house, covered in tarpaulin and broken in parts, home to his family of nine: a stark reminder of the devastation that cyclone Fani left in its wake in May last year.
And he wonders if this crumbling structure can bear the impact of yet another calamity—this time, Amphan, an extremely severe cyclone, which is expected to make a landfall in the coastal states of Odisha and West