Mission Delhi – Deepak Dialani, Paharganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] From early morning till late in the night, the lane would be teeming with crowds. The cafes would fill up with guests ordering lemon ginger…
Mission Delhi – Dino, Udyog Vihar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Dino is socially very active. Not in real life but on social media. His Instagram account, @dino_thesuperdog, is as old as him—3 years. And his…
City Series – Natasha Khalid in Karachi, We the Isolationists (281st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Natasha Khalid] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a picturesque valley surrounded with lush green trees, flowers enchanting, moors, ponds, and birds chirping. The skyline is visible with…
City Series – Jabeen in Trivandrum, We the Isolationists (280th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Jabeen] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a montage of things that could’ve been, had been, and will never happen. I am growing anxious day by day with…
City Series – Zoya Ahmed in Karachi, We the Isolationists (279th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Zoya Ahmed] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a beautiful space where there are no races, no colour or creed–only humanity and love. This space is full of…
City Series – Christina Autefault in Milan, We the Isolationists (278th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Christina Autefault] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my ‘to be read shelf’ above the one with the volumes I have already devoured!! Reading has once again kept…
City Series – Vikram Mervyn in Chennai, We the Isolationists (277th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Vikram Mervyn] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see all the dead people in my memories kiss my cheeks, like the smoke from a cigarette that you try to…
City Series – Tanvi Kaliraman in Jind, Haryana, We the Isolationists (276th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tanvi Kaliraman] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see one of the ‘waking up early’ days when my eyes finally kiss the sunrise. While detangling my hair with mild…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Polish Ambassador Adam Burakowski , Tilak Marg
The parlour confession. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Proust Questionnaire represents a confessional game that owes its structure to answers given by celebrated French writer Marcel Proust in two parties that he attended at ages 13 and…
Living History – Sristi Ray, Sector 24, Gurgaon
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Coronavirus will become yesterday’s news sooner or later. That doesn’t change the fact that we are living through a crisis the like of which hasn’t been seen in generations. One day, a century…
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