Mission Delhi - Pavan Bir Anand, Sector 44, Noida

Mission Delhi – Pavan Bir Anand, Sector 44, Noida

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] On 22 March, at 5 pm, quarantined people all across India started to clap and bang their dinner thalis from their windows and balconies to…

City Series - Priya Jain in Delhi, We the Isolationists (46th Corona Diary)

City Series – Priya Jain in Delhi, We the Isolationists (46th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priya Jain] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see myself walking in a wide open space, with a brilliant sunset in front of me. Fluffy clouds scattered across…

City Series - Avantika Seth in  Simla, We the Isolationists (45th Corona Diary)

City Series – Avantika Seth in Simla, We the Isolationists (45th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Avantika Seth] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see my grandfather. The same house where I sit and think about him today was bought by him decades ago….

City Series - Bhanu Ghalot in  Leicester, We the Isolationists (44th Corona Diary)

City Series – Bhanu Ghalot in Leicester, We the Isolationists (44th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Bhanu Ghalot] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see the rush of my daily routine. I see the street leading to my university. I see the smiling faces…

City Series - Sohaib Panwala in Montréal, We the Isolationists (43rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Sohaib Panwala in Montréal, We the Isolationists (43rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sohaib Panwala] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see nothing, and I hear nothing. Pure and empty encompassing silence where the simple pleasure of springtime ought to be….

City Series - Keren Naomi in Chennai, We the Isolationists (42nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Keren Naomi in Chennai, We the Isolationists (42nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Keren Naomi] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see… words, long adjectives to describe long-forgotten memories, stubborn nouns to resurrect colossal monuments of space and time, flowery, free…

City Series - Parul Chalana in Sirsa, We the Isolationists (41st Corona Diary)

City Series – Parul Chalana in Sirsa, We the Isolationists (41st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Parul Chalana] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see humans, just humans. Looking at them I recall, for no reason perhaps, the Malthusian theory of Population. Then I…

City Series - Vanshika Gupta in Panipat, We the Isolationists (40th Corona Diary)

City Series – Vanshika Gupta in Panipat, We the Isolationists (40th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Vanshika Gupta] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see baba and nanu sitting together, chilling, drinking whiskey and discussing the things that they were not able to do…

City Series - Susanna Crossman in Dinan, France, We the Isolationists (39th Corona Diary)

City Series – Susanna Crossman in Dinan, France, We the Isolationists (39th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Susanna Crossman] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see one twisting road slide into the dunes. At the end is a stretch of sand. Sky and sea. Lines…

City Series - Milind Gautam in Bombay, We the Isolationists (38th Corona Diary)

City Series – Milind Gautam in Bombay, We the Isolationists (38th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Milind Gautam] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see an unknown place where I long to go. I feel my love for that new plant that I bought…