City Series – Abhimanyu in Faridabad, We the Isolationists (272nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Abhimanyu] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my college walls. Red as a rose. The sweet smell of flowers just outside the principal’s office. The puppies with whom…
City Series – Chandrima Das in Guwahati, We the Isolationists (271st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Chandrima Das] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see her standing barefoot behind the walls. The noisy birds fighting over the leftovers drew my attention towards her. Huh, she…
City Series – Urvashi Mukherjee in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (270th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Urvashi Mukherjee] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a rather large empti-ness, like an umbrella or dome or inverted soup-bowl. It has us both protected and trapped. In…
City Series – Aishwarya Shrivastav in Bhopal, We the Isolationists (269th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aishwarya Shrivastav] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see empty gardens that once housed poetry evenings. We could still run away for verse or worse. I see a kid…
City Series – Geetanjali Chitta in Delhi, We the Isolationists (268th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Geetanjali Chitta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself paying attention to the distant voices around me that otherwise got lost in the noise of routine. In a…
City Series – Misaal Khan in Rampur, We the Isolationists (267th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Misaal Khan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see nothing. A blank canvas but black, an empty feeling but sweet. When the whole world is on pause, it just…
City Series – Somedooti Kundu in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (266th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Somedooti Kundu] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself getting strangled in my own made-up mindless musings, once again. 3:50 in the morning when the world’s resting in…
City Series – Noorpriya Chawla in Delhi, We the Isolationists (265th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Noorpriya Chawla] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see it is spring time in London i am attending a lecture on bell hooks but my heart is somewhere in…
City Series – Shiyali Sharma in Gurgaon, We the Isolationists (264th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shiyali Sharma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a world where we all are living. Living with self, but away from the selfishness. Living peacefully, away from the…
Mission Delhi – Bilal Ali, DLF Phase 4
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The coronavirus pandemic has irreversibly changed our civilisation. Even after it is all over, our habits and impulses might never come back to what they…
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