Kala Chaupal helps artisans rebuild lives in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani

Kala Chaupal plans to invite eminent artists to Raghurajpur in October to create art installations there

When Cyclone Fani swept through Odisha’s famous craft village, Raghurajpur in Puri district, on May 3 this year, it not only destroyed most houses in its wake, but also wreaked havoc on a huge number of crafts stored there, including their treasured Pattachitra paintings. “As someone who’s working to create linkages between traditional and contemporary arts, I mourned the destruction of those heritage works,” says Leenika Jacob of Kala Chaupal, the Gurugram-based public trust and non-profit that uses visual and supporting arts to drive positive social and cultural change. “I read that artists there were willing to sell their works