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…
Mission Delhi – Ved Kumari Pahwa, Sector 52
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The coronavirus pandemic has temporarily put on hold the hyperactive lives of many folks, including of Ved Kumari Pahwa. “I was feeling especially frustrated during the lockdown… I was, and am still, very…
Mission Delhi – Munaf Alam, Chitli Qabar Chowk
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You’ll always find him alone. Always silent. And he is seen every evening at Old Delhi’s Chitli Qabar Chowk, which is otherwise so noisy, and so hyperactive, teeming with shoppers, idlers, hawkers, florists,…
Mission Delhi – Sunita Kushwaha, Wazirabad
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Her days are so hectic that she hasn’t really found the time to look back and trace the arc of her life. Therefore Sunita Kushwaha has never thought of herself as a feminist….
Living History – Shambhavi Solanki’s Chapter, Sector 40, Gurgaon
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla is trying to prepare a part of the Coronavirus pandemic’s first draft by putting a set of questions about ‘daily life these times’ to people from diverse backgrounds. Today, it’s…
City Series – Mitushi Pandey in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, We the Isolationists (430th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mitushi Pandey] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see bougainvilleas blooming in their glory under the teasing winter sun—existing exactly the same way I last saw them, months ago,…
City Landmark – Semal Tree, Connaught Place
An urban sanctuary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One of the most beautiful things in Connaught Place, Delhi’s Colonial-era shopping district, cannot be purchased. It’s a tree in E-block: semal, or bombax ceiba. The towering deciduous tree clashes…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Saquib Hussain’s Poem on Forgiveness, DLF Phase 3, Gurgaon
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He lost his job in April. Because of the coronavirus pandemic. Saquib Hussain, 28, was an online strategist working for a multinational company. Even so, he is feeling very…
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