Home Sweet Home - Nilabh's 'Kuch Nahi' Corner, Sector 84, Gurgaon

Home Sweet Home – Nilabh’s ‘Kuch Nahi’ Corner, Sector 84, Gurgaon

His window-side refuge. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Theoretically, it is such a cool idea to stay home 24/7. Practically, it is so difficult. But Nilabh, it seems, knows his way around to make the best out of…

City Series - Parajdeep Singh Dhillon in Bombay, We the Isolationists (56th Corona Diary)

City Series – Parajdeep Singh Dhillon in Bombay, We the Isolationists (56th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Parajdeep Singh Dhillon] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see the sea. Inky depths beckoning, as the ship resolutely pushes into the night. I see the moon set,…

City Series - Tulika Saxena in Varanasi, We the Isolationists (55th Corona Diary)

City Series – Tulika Saxena in Varanasi, We the Isolationists (55th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tulika Saxena] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see… silence. I strain my aural capabilities, I realise that there aren’t any further sounds left to intercept. Maybe the…

City Series - Srishti Chaudhary in Bareilly, We the Isolationists (54th Corona Diary)

City Series – Srishti Chaudhary in Bareilly, We the Isolationists (54th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Srishti Chaudhary] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see the guilt of being isolated in comfort. The guilt of having food, family and the internet (in that order)….

City Series - Pallavi Pratap in Delhi, We the Isolationists (53rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Pallavi Pratap in Delhi, We the Isolationists (53rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Pallavi Pratap] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see semal, day after day lying on my balcony, its beauty depleting. The bright red flower which fell from the…

City Series - Shomitro Chatterjee in Lucknow, We the Isolationists (52nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Shomitro Chatterjee in Lucknow, We the Isolationists (52nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shomitro Chatterjee] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see myself wondering if all that we humans feel is a false sense of existence. I can hear the birds…

City Series - Mohammad Syed Raza in Doha, We the Isolationists (51st Corona Diary)

City Series – Mohammad Syed Raza in Doha, We the Isolationists (51st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mohammad Syed Raza] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see myself several winters back, when I came to know of you. It was then I learnt, that I…

City Series - Priyanka Sharma in Ludhiana, We the Isolationists (50th Corona Diary)

City Series – Priyanka Sharma in Ludhiana, We the Isolationists (50th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priyanka Sharma] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see that my infinite consciousness has semblance of a feather which wanders swiftly from one city to another, swirling with…

City Series - Shreya Chaudhuri in Delhi, We the Isolationists (49th Corona Diary)

City Series – Shreya Chaudhuri in Delhi, We the Isolationists (49th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shreya Chaudhuri] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see Salvador Dali’s melting watch painting. The irreversible quality of time of the artwork makes me think about the sudden…

City Series - Chaitanya Suraj Mamidi in Rajahmundry, We the Isolationists (48th Corona Diary)

City Series – Chaitanya Suraj Mamidi in Rajahmundry, We the Isolationists (48th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Chaitanya Suraj Mamidi] I close my eyes in my self-isolation from corona… and I see the migrant laborers in Delhi who are forced to walk all the way back to their hometowns, the…