City Series – Devika Chawla in Athens, Ohio, USA, We the Isolationists (155th Corona Diary)

City Series – Devika Chawla in Athens, Ohio, USA, We the Isolationists (155th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Devika Chawla] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself during my mid-morning walk in my beloved college town in the Appalachian mountains, now bereft of its 20,000 students,…

City Series – Devyani Srivastava in Noida, We the Isolationists (154th Corona Diary)

City Series – Devyani Srivastava in Noida, We the Isolationists (154th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Devyani Srivastava] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself in poet Mirza Ghalib’s haveli in Old Delhi’s Ballimaran. I also see his outfit, framed and put on a…

City Series – Matilde in Ankara, Turkey, We the Isolationists (153rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Matilde in Ankara, Turkey, We the Isolationists (153rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Matilde] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself and the love of my life waking up in Delhi. One of the city which blessed us with some of…

City Series – Alessandro Bordin in London, We the Isolationists (152nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Alessandro Bordin in London, We the Isolationists (152nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Alessandro Bordin] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself using my imagination to shape time as if it were a physical entity, something you can touch with your…

City Series – Harish Ramaswamy in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (151st Corona Diary)

City Series – Harish Ramaswamy in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (151st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Harish Ramaswamy] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my life paused, my past flashing in slow motion like lessons… lessons for life after Corona. I love the lockdown…

City Series – Prerna Kataria in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, We the Isolationists (150th Corona Diary)

City Series – Prerna Kataria in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, We the Isolationists (150th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Prerna Kataria] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself in the cold-stone walls of a prison with doors wide open, reminding me of poet Rumi’s words, but this…

City Series – Pragati Srivastava in Basti, We the Isolationists (149th Corona Diary)

City Series – Pragati Srivastava in Basti, We the Isolationists (149th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Pragati Srivastava] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see through the rearview mirror that we’re not going to remember this time just for corona. We will also remember this…

City Series – Anju Elsa Kurian in Los Angeles, We the Isolationists (148th Corona Diary)

City Series – Anju Elsa Kurian in Los Angeles, We the Isolationists (148th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anju Elsa Kurian] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself hearing the hushed whispering of the leaves… the loneliness of dusk was creeping in… the Sun had not…

City Series – Aisha Abbas in Delhi, We the Isolationists (147th Corona Diary)

City Series – Aisha Abbas in Delhi, We the Isolationists (147th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aisha Abbas] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the question, which has been lurking in the shadows, finally standing there in shape of a demon. I have to…

City Series – R S Krishna in Godalatty, Tamil Nadu, We the Isolationists (146th Corona Diary)

City Series – R S Krishna in Godalatty, Tamil Nadu, We the Isolationists (146th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by R S Krishna] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself realizing that the prophecies of a dystopian world made by several writers, film makers and artists is finally…