City Series – Tathya Kapadia in Surat, We the Isolationists (156th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - April 7, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tathya Kapadia] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my parents taking me to the Swim Academy. It feels like I’m being asked to dig my own grave with bare hands. I dig till I smell chlorine; my fingernails are crusted with blue sand. I threw myself into the hole and I keep glaring till my eyes feel parched. Nothing appears more plausible but death. It’s blue, more like sapphire blue. Sick and stinking like chlorine. Maybe, it is just a nightmare or maybe I am just dead. Maybe, the hell always smelled like chlorine. I wake up and I look around. It’s spring and the air is pink! “We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part of the world to share a brief diary starting with “I close my eyes in my self-isolation from Corona… and I see…” Not more than 100 words. With a horizontal-sized selfie, along with your city name… please mail to me at mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com. FacebookX Related Related posts: City Series – Hardik Kapadia in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (259th Corona Diary) City Series – Parneet Purewal in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (172nd Corona Diary) City Series – Anandi Mishra in Delhi, We the Isolationists (421st Corona Diary) City Series – Marika Nascimben in Treviso, Italy, We the Isolationists (3rd Corona Diary) City Series – Mahima Devda in Bhopal, We the Isolationists (302nd Corona Diary)