City Series –  Esha Lohia in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (166th Corona Diary)

City Series – Esha Lohia in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (166th Corona Diary)

City Series –  Esha Lohia in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (166th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary.

[Text and photo by Esha Lohia]

I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my dad going to office daily in this quarantine and my level of anxiety increases as he kick-starts his scooty and slowly disappears in front of our eyes. With today’s news of extending the lockdown and my place being one of the Covid 19 hotspots in Ghaziabad, I worry about him more now. As I’m writing this the voice of the news anchors reciting the number of cases in India is echoing in my head. I hope the authority seals this place and restricts my dad to stay at home so that I no longer have to worry about, whether he sanitized his work desk or not, or whether he is socially distancing or not!?

“We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part of the world to share a brief diary starting with “I close my eyes in my self-isolation from Corona… and I see…” Not more than 100 words. With a horizontal-sized selfie, along with your city name… please mail to me at mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com.