Mission Delhi – Muhammed Shekha Ul Hoque, Palam Vihar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] He is 40 and looks younger. But he’s already a grandfather. “Yes, I got married very early…. at 14,” confesses Muhammed Shekha Ul Hoque (aka MDS). He became…
City Series – Sarah Ansari in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (309th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sarah Ansari] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself lost in another world, in a world where my longings have finally died a sweet death on the arrival…
City Series – Mudasir Iqbal in Baramulla, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (308th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mudasir Iqbal] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see happiness every where; gloomy and charming. I see the spring dancing on the branches of apple trees, I see…
City Series – Manish Trivedi in Kanpur, We the Isolationists (307th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Manish Trivedi] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see her, everything is normal. I am into a brand new relationship and we’ve said I love you to each…
City Series – Sanya Sethi in Kanpur, We the Isolationists (306th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sanya Sethi] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see myself trying to decipher the meaningless chatter of wild pigeons while Chughtai’s Masooma lights a cigarette and takes three…
City Series – Ansar Manzoor in Anantnag, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (305th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ansar Manzoor] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see lockdown within a lockdown. Bullets fly birds chirp. Blood pours from clouds rain watches. I wake up every morning…
City Series – Nilofar in Delhi, We the Isolationists (304th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Nilofar] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see myself. Not self-obsessed, just on an eternal quest to find myself. 26 years of being trapped in this body. But…
City Series – Digvijay Singh in Delhi, We the Isolationists (303rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Digvijay Singh] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see all the major and minor chords of life on this planet. I see the things we take for granted….
City Series – Mahima Devda in Bhopal, We the Isolationists (302nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mahima Devda] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see myself taking my mum’s place, doing the household chores, holding the family together. As I close my eyes to…
City Series – Tapaswinee Mitra in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (301st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tapaswinee Mitra] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see my room in Delhi, which I had left hurriedly on 13th March, very excited then to go back home….
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