Searching through the rubble of his home for anything still whole, Laksmiah Poleh can see life's options quite clearly. He can give up and move his family back to their home state on the mainland and, if he's lucky, find work as a tenant farmer making Rs 1,700 a month.

"... Your ministry is responsible for all the destruction and killing of 12,000 people on the coast..."

As Asia prepares to rebuild itself after the killer wave, it will take a lot more than just political bickering to prevent a similar situation from recurring

In October 1999, two cyclones devastated coastal Orissa, leaving nearly 30,000 dead in 14 districts. Immediately after, the Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (osdma) was formed. So why is it

Report focuses on Orissa cyclone s mind jolting fallout

The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the hour is to embark on a major programme to demystify the fog