On the evening of December 22, 1964, 14-year-old Purushothaman was playing with his friend Muniyasamy at his home at the railway quarters in Dhanushkodi. When he asked his friend to stay the night ...

By any yardstick, the December 1964 cyclone, known as the Rameswaram cyclone, can be called the worst that Tamil Nadu has seen as the event had wiped out Dhanushkodi, a vibrant coastal town.