City Series – Shikha Thakur in Pune, We the Isolationists (289th Corona Diary)

City Series – Shikha Thakur in Pune, We the Isolationists (289th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shikha Thakur] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a more sensible world doing less non-sensical acts. I see people living harmoniously where no differences remain and where the…

City Series – Akshay Tyagi in Delhi, We the Isolationists (288th Corona Diary)

City Series – Akshay Tyagi in Delhi, We the Isolationists (288th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Akshay Tyagi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see while writing our deepest/important experiences, we tend to replace ‘I’ with ‘we’. Is it like coming from the lobby of…

City Series – Anannya Uberoi in Madrid, We the Isolationists (287th Corona Diary)

City Series – Anannya Uberoi in Madrid, We the Isolationists (287th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anannya Uberoi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself back in Sucre Salón de Té, a tall cup of English breakfast with a beckoning cat formed on its…

City Series – Frances Turner in Auckland, We the Isolationists (286th Corona Diary)

City Series – Frances Turner in Auckland, We the Isolationists (286th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Frances Turner] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see… a suitcase, emptied of my privileged aspirations countries, cities, villages I won’t get to volunteer service I won’t be able…

City Series – Ankita Jha in Haridwar, We the Isolationists (285th Corona Diary)

City Series – Ankita Jha in Haridwar, We the Isolationists (285th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ankita Jha] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see all the ways I have not seen my city and myself. I see people hugging monotony, and also each other….

City Series – Hashmita Tekchandani in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (284th Corona Diary)

City Series – Hashmita Tekchandani in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (284th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Hashmita Tekchandani] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself studying continously for hours in months of summer, attending OPD hours, listening to patients, working between the shifts, in…

City Series – Akanksha Satija in Gurgaon, We the Isolationists (283rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Akanksha Satija in Gurgaon, We the Isolationists (283rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Akanksha Satija] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see all the moments i have never lived in. All the times I would go with my friends to a monument…

City Series – Priyanka Elangbam in Imphal, We the Isolationists (282nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Priyanka Elangbam in Imphal, We the Isolationists (282nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priyanka Elangbam] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my friends eating bora and drinking chai at a local food stall, gossiping about everything useless. I see my family…

City Moment - Poet Ameer Dehlvi's Post-Pacemaker Life, Chawri Bazar

City Moment – Poet Ameer Dehlvi’s Post-Pacemaker Life, Chawri Bazar

A poet’s heart. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Walled City of Old Delhi was home to great poet Ghalib. More than a century after his death, the historic quarter continues to nurture a few men (and, in…

Mission Delhi - Deepa Ojha, Rajouri Garden & Sector 66, Gurgaon

Mission Delhi – Deepa Ojha, Rajouri Garden & Sector 66, Gurgaon

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi, but top pic of the moon by Deepa Ojha] She can see the moon while lying on her bed. She often Whatsapps photos of it…