City Series – Zoya Fatima in Bhagalpur, Bihar, We the Isolationists (125th Corona Diary)

City Series – Zoya Fatima in Bhagalpur, Bihar, We the Isolationists (125th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Zoya Fatima] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself – alive, alone. I’m running towards, or perhaps away from something. Maybe it’s my life. I’m trying to escape…

City Series – Sonam Chashutsang in New York City, We the Isolationists (124th Corona Diary)

City Series – Sonam Chashutsang in New York City, We the Isolationists (124th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sonam Chashutsang] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself lying on the bed Thinking of my mother Who must have felt the same loneliness- The one we now…

City Series – Micah Petersen in Fort Drum, USA, We the Isolationists (123rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Micah Petersen in Fort Drum, USA, We the Isolationists (123rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Micah Petersen] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see after 19 years, even the war stopped. The virus doing what 19 years of death, and bombs, and America’s leaders…

Julia Child in Delhi – Advocate Farah Naaz Makes Her Friend Charu's Upma, Sector 52, Gurgaon

Julia Child in Delhi – Advocate Farah Naaz Makes Her Friend Charu’s Upma, Sector 52, Gurgaon

The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Forced into self-isolation, she closes her eyes and sees herself turning into “a tiny speck of dust.” And now, she, this dust particle, floats into the air,…

City Series – Tumin Sheth in Rajkot, We the Isolationists (122nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Tumin Sheth in Rajkot, We the Isolationists (122nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tumin Sheth] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see Bianca, a 21 year old-young furious Italian. She is sad because she cannot meet Alessio. She is sad because she…

City Series – Nabiha Fatima in Delhi, We the Isolationists (121st Corona Diary)

City Series – Nabiha Fatima in Delhi, We the Isolationists (121st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Nabiha Fatima] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself standing in front of a mirror. Although the reflection was mine but there was some addition to it. A…

City Series – Sana Awan in Attock, Pakistan, We the Isolationists (120th Corona Diary)

City Series – Sana Awan in Attock, Pakistan, We the Isolationists (120th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sana Awan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a world much taken for granted. Somewhere in the middle of my begonia porch, I feel a nagging pain of…

City Series -  Charvi Kain in Bombay, We the Isolationists (119th Corona Diary)

City Series – Charvi Kain in Bombay, We the Isolationists (119th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Charvi Kain] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my great-grandmother nursing me in my sickness. Her translucent hands massaging my wrists as she looks at me intently, her…

City Series - Saher Hiba Khan in Rampur, We the Isolationists (118th Corona Diary)

City Series – Saher Hiba Khan in Rampur, We the Isolationists (118th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Saher Hiba Khan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself sitting on my terrace with a copy of Pride and Prejudice, the sun is quite bright and makes…

City Series - Jigyasa Agarwal in Jhansi, We the Isolationists (117th Corona Diary)

City Series – Jigyasa Agarwal in Jhansi, We the Isolationists (117th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Jigyasa Agarwal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a comma pushing the full stop. I see betrayed roads, dispatched lives, unsettling air of loneliness while my heart pushes…