Mission Delhi – Vijay Kumar, Central Delhi
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He doesn’t have a house, he says. But he does have possessions. “I carry them all the time with me,” says Vijay Kumar. This morning he is sitting on the steps of a…
City Series – Aruvi in Wayanad, Kerala, We the Isolationists (433rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aruvi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see darkness swirl around me. The world feels dystopian, life fictional. In time, disjoint memories come floating by. The dappled early morning…
City Series – Vrinda Bhagat in Quebec, We the Isolationists (432nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Vrinda Bhagat] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself in real conversations with real people – at a french cafe, a yoga class, a public library. I plan…
City Series – Niyatee Dwivedi in Chennai, We the Isolationists (431st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Niyatee Dwivedi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself reconnecting with inner-self. After losing years to the wheel of corporate life, once again I try to discover my…
City Walk – Pandemic-Era Connaught Place, Central Delhi
Same place, different time. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Nothing has changed. The same white colonial-era columns. The same showrooms, with their immaculately dressed mannequins gazing by the glass displays. The same giggles of passersby. And wait, there…
Living History – Ankita Khanna’s Chapter, Sector 49, Gurgaon
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The coronavirus is forcing us to live through an unprecedented global crisis never before seen in generations. In an attempt to prepare the first draft of the pandemic’s social history, The Delhi Walla…
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