Mission Delhi - Rajkumar, South Delhi

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)

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…

City Series –  Asiem Sanyal in Nagpur, We the Isolationists (198th Corona Diary)

City Series – Asiem Sanyal in Nagpur, We the Isolationists (198th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Asiem Sanyal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see nature redefining her boundaries, spiriting away pollution in deep, steadying breaths. Each star in her diadem is distinctly visible, and…

City Series –  Fazila Mansuri in Bombay, We the Isolationists (197th Corona Diary)

City Series – Fazila Mansuri in Bombay, We the Isolationists (197th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Fazila Mansuri] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself exploring and knowing about the people of my city, taking pictures and writing about them on my Instagram, which…

City Series –  Twinkle Makol in Delhi, We the Isolationists (196th Corona Diary)

City Series – Twinkle Makol in Delhi, We the Isolationists (196th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Twinkle Makol] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see how it encouraged me to bridge the existing distance in my family. Time flew and we grew apart, heedlessly. The…

City Walk - Golf Course Road, Gurgaon

City Walk – Golf Course Road, Gurgaon

The way of high life. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Hanging out in the noisy cafes, watching a movie with hundred others in the multiplex, elbowing one’s way to a metro seat… what was all that? The prolonged…

City Series – Sayantani Sengupta in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (194th Corona Diary)

City Series – Sayantani Sengupta in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (194th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sayantani Sengupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see kashful, Kanchenjunga and a nameless river. I see the horcruxes I’ve made out of my love–a slightly withered white fluff,…

City Series – Vitasta Raina in Bombay, We the Isolationists (193rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Vitasta Raina in Bombay, We the Isolationists (193rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Vitasta Raina] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see all the trappings of insanity lining up against my bed again. I brush these off and try and arrange the…

City Series – Ratyaditya Verma in Delhi, We the Isolationists (192nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Ratyaditya Verma in Delhi, We the Isolationists (192nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ratyaditya Verma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see reams of spinning music, showing me the past and future, gently guiding my hand to the books that have foretold…

City Series – Yash Mishra in Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (191st Corona Diary)

City Series – Yash Mishra in Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (191st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Yash Mishra] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself walking along the period of Golden Age, devoid of any barrier. Where the minds were as pure and pleasing…