City Series – Avichal Tatu in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (206th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Avichal Tatu] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself for the first time in years Through the words of Deleuze, Schopenhauer and Becker Through the notes of Porcupine…
City Series – Mridusmita Bhagawati in Guwahati, We the Isolationists (205th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mridusmita Bhagawati] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see relationships, the ones which are built of love and respect, the ones which were lost in the world of virtuality,…
City Series – Tanisha Saxena in Delhi, We the Isolationists (204th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tanisha Saxena] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself encountering the empty food vessels positioned in long queue maintaining the decorum of social distancing to fill their starving…
City Series – Tanistha Arora in Kaithal, Haryana, We the Isolationists (203rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tanistha Arora] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the laws of nature surpassing ‘erstwhile’ rules made by the government or individual for oneself. That the examinations of life…
Living History – Aisha Abbas’s Chapter, Batla House
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Coronavirus will become yesterday’s news sooner or later. That doesn’t change the fact that we are living through a crisis the like of which hasn’t been seen in generations. One day, a century…
City Series – Aishwarya Praveen in Nagpur, We the Isolationists (202nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aishwarya Praveen] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see reality, finally having caught up with me. It looks at me with pitying eyes as I stand with my back…
City Library – Sikander Aaquil’s Lockdown Reading, New Palam Vihar
Finding Geeta. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Sikander Aaquil’s work has come to a grinding halt. A building contractor, he can no longer oversee the construction of private houses — though he does spend some time every day…
City Series – Suraiya Hasan in Paris, We the Isolationists (200th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Suraiya Hasan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself delved in a delirium exhausted by the electronic sadness. Colors float in my mind! A longstanding deep desire to…
Mission Delhi – Rajkumar, South Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] At some point or another, everybody confronts — in their own way — the damage the pandemic is causing on their life. In his case,…
City Series – Somrita Urni Ganguly in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (199th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Somrita Urni Ganguly] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see roses blooming on my twenty-year-old tree. Every morning. With such a bright redness, in such plenitude. Why has spring…
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