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Tornado (2021)


Long before the people of Delhi had to worry about the climate apocalypse, a twister ripped through its university campus — A new story from India to the world, each week on FiftyTwo.in

For present-day citizens of the capital, living on the brink of an ecological crisis, it is a reminder of something we often find ourselves saying to each other: “Mausam bilkul badal gaya hai pichle kuch saalon mein.” The weather has completely transformed in the last few years. Rajesh Kapoor, freshly graduated from high school, was standing at the window of his family’s fourth-floor apartment on Probyn Road, less than 500 metres from the campus, when a giant tin sheet went flying past. The tornado forced city-dwellers like Ghosh, seemingly immune to climate catastrophe, to face the fact that some moist air and a few winds blowing in opposing directions are powerful enough to tear down buildings and kill people.

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