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Key points

 Prashant went to his friend’s house in Ersama.
 The evening turned into a super storm accompanied by heavy
storm and continuous rain. Many trees were uprooted and water

entered his friend’s house.
 Super storm destroyed everything. Water spread everywhere.
Several houses were broken. Dead animals, as well as for
several days humans were floating everywhere. His friend’s

family had taken shelter on the roof and the fallen coconut trees
kept them alive for several days.
 Prashant was worried about his parents. He took a strong stick

and started his journey to his village. He waded through the
water and had to push away many dead bodies in way. He was
worried about his parents. Perhaps they were not alive.

 He reached his village, Kalikuda. He found only roofs in the
village. He went to the Red Cross shed and met his family there.
 He decided to help the victims and work for improvement. He

organized a group of youth for this; put pressure on the
merchants to give rice. They made fire and cooked food for the
victims.

 Then, they cleaned the village and removed dead bodies floating
on water.
 They made helicopters drop the packets of food. They got food

for the hungry.
 Prashant was the leader of the youths. He made shelters for the
orphans and persuaded the women to look after them.
 He arranged work for women and children. He worked for the

rehabilitation of the orphans and the windows.
 Prashant worked for the welfare of cyclone victims. He became
the leader of his leader.

Character Sketch

Prashant -Prashant is a young boy, just 19 years of age. He finds

himself in a village devastated by the super storm in Orissa, 1999.