Mission Delhi – Nazma, New Palam Vihar
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It all began with the bicycle, all those years ago, in Saharanpur town in UP. She was just 8. “Actually it started with the 25 paise Babu (father) would give me every day,”…
City Hangout – DDA Park, Mathura Road
A discreet enclosure. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] These days, it is difficult to recommend a place outside home that offers physical distancing possibilities. One comes close. But there are many buts about this place. It is thick…
City Series – Suvojit Banerjee in Atlanta, We the Isolationists (415th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Suvojit Banerjee] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see that in the abundance of the cosmos, our microscopic existences are futile. My conscience is half-awake, as if running on…
City Series – Neha Jha in Delhi, We the Isolationists (414th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Neha Jha] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see old, ailing Covid-19 positive patients in the dingy hospital rooms separated from their families for days. Fear and panic is…
City Series – Tahreem Mirza in Delhi, We the Isolationists (413th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tahreem Mirza] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see a world full of gaiety. The earth lush with greenery. Children playing in parks and adults living contentedly. Women walking…
City Series – Atiriya Sharma in Patna, We the Isolationists (412th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Atiriya Sharma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself realising how comfortable I’ve become with my own self. How much I’ve learned about myself and how much of…
City Series – Jayati Vats in Noida, We the Isolationists (411th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Jayati Vats] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see a wall. A wall beyond which lies a world sans masks (literally and figuratively). A world with possibilities as wide…
City Series – Shravan Kumar in Hyderabad, We the Isolationists (410th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shravan Kumar] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see the world as I left it many moons back. A world that was full of sights and sounds, full of…
City Series – Priyanka Srivastava in Singapore, We the Isolationists (409th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priyanka Srivastava] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the many dreams drifting in the air. I see those memories of you and me and those cities which like…
City Series – Saibya Dhar in Delhi, We the Isolationists (408th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Saibya Dhar] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see agitated citizens protesting. Their reasons are salient. Their gleaming eyes are cold, fierce but full of anger. Their hearts appear…
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