Living between Two Tides in Sundarbans, India

The dramatic rise and fall of daily tides regulate not only the inhabitants' livelihood but also their survival in the Indian Sundarbans. People's lives in the Sundarbans have been exacerbated post-COVID-19, coupled with the economic shutdown and the super cyclone 'Amphan' in 2020. Nevertheless, the local inhabitants adapted to the dynamic condition driven by their economic status and perception of the environment, highlighted in this study, based on extensive field surveys previous and later to the pandemic.