Mission Delhi - Tara, Sector 31, Gurgaon

Mission Delhi – Tara, Sector 31, Gurgaon

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is special. At 17, Tara is a 12th standard student in Government Girls Senior Secondary College in Gurugram’s Jacobpura. If she sticks to her…

City Life - Leela Kanuga's Mango Tree, Mayfair Gardens

City Life – Leela Kanuga’s Mango Tree, Mayfair Gardens

Life with a tree. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In these days of lockdown, people can easily spend waking hours absorbed by the changing patterns of sunlight on their drawing room’s walls. But Leela Kanuga recently gazed upon…

City Series – Daman Jeet Kaur in Mohali, Punjab, We the Isolationists (261st Corona Diary)

City Series – Daman Jeet Kaur in Mohali, Punjab, We the Isolationists (261st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Daman Jeet Kaur] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… और मैं देखती हूँ अपने आप को इस बंद कमरे के बाहर पंजाब की सड़कों और लहराते खेतों में, जहाँ इन दिनों…

City Series – Tawseen Khurshid in Srinagar, We the Isolationists (260th Corona Diary)

City Series – Tawseen Khurshid in Srinagar, We the Isolationists (260th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tawseen Khurshid] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself failing to see dreams that can be called ‘normal’. In a not so normal land I live in, even…

City Series – Hardik Kapadia in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (259th Corona Diary)

City Series – Hardik Kapadia in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (259th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Hardik Kapadia] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my (late) grandpa and Nanu smiling at me. I close my eyes and see both of them sitting together, chilling…

City Series – Harshit Soni in Gandhinagar, We the Isolationists (258th Corona Diary)

City Series – Harshit Soni in Gandhinagar, We the Isolationists (258th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Harshit Soni] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself standing on a horizon of possibilities. On one side, I am in a city in the south starting a…

City Series – Zarafshan Shiraz in Lucknow, We the Isolationists (257th Corona Diary)

City Series – Zarafshan Shiraz in Lucknow, We the Isolationists (257th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Zarafshan Shiraz] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see, like in Tehran, people hanging out banners painted with poetry. The spring breeze floats through these poetry banners and paints…

City Series – Aishwarya Kandpal in Nainital, We the Isolationists (256th Corona Diary)

City Series – Aishwarya Kandpal in Nainital, We the Isolationists (256th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aishwarya Kandpal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself walking up to school through an uphill path laden with tall trees and shrubs on either side. There’s a…

City Series – Nandini Nag in Delhi, We the Isolationists (255th Corona Diary)

City Series – Nandini Nag in Delhi, We the Isolationists (255th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Nandini Nag] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see uncertainty. Complete and total surrender in the face of adversity. Maybe I am paranoid, like my friends say, but I…

City Series – Ratan Kaul in Delhi, We the Isolationists (254th Corona Diary)

City Series – Ratan Kaul in Delhi, We the Isolationists (254th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ratan Kaul] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the majestic Zabarwaan range in my homeland Kashmir, and juxtaposed to this image is the garbage mountain in Delhi’s Ghazipur….