It was November 12, 1970. There were patches of clouds in the daytime sky. No one could have understood that as night would fall, a terrible disaster would descend upon the coastal settlements. The catastrophic cyclone and storm surge that rushed in from the Bay of Bengal instantly devastated the southern region of the erstwhile East Pakistan. Countless settlements were wiped out. The cries of those who lost loved ones, the wailing of those searching for the missing, and the sight of bodies scat...
