[Written while travelling to the ancient village of Gohaldia in the hinterland of Odisha, India, which was recovering from the ruthless cyclone, Fani, in 2019. The cyclone displaced more than a million people in the state as a result of the indiscriminate destruction of naturalecosystems. No cure but poetry is surewhat if I told you a poem was stronger? [The Shameless (2024) – a film by Konstantin Bojanov; All We Imagine as Light (2024) – a film by Payal Kapadia. “Nancy’s cool frills at Cannes” refers to stylist Nancy Tyagi’s appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, 2024, in an outfit self-made from scratch.]