Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal is the fourth most expensive natural disaster overall and the most expensive cyclone of 2020. The year 2020 has been ‘extreme’ for more reasons than one.

While this year celebrations are toned down due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the damaging after-effects of Cyclone Amphan that hit the city in May, Isaac Nahoum, a Jewish baker who ...