Mission Delhi – Tanvi Misra, Sector 31, Noida
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was to be a “sustainable wedding.” There would be no plastic, for instance. And everything was to be ethnic. The food would come from…
City Series – Tasneem Sayani in Bombay, We the Isolationists (220th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tasneem Sayani] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself in the midst of this world. Where have I come? How did I waste so much time? Why didn’t…
City Series – Ather Mukhtar in Baramulla, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (219th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ather Mukhtar] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my small world with a huge void. The mini-me in your lap, just handing me over to an angel, moving…
City Series – Subiya Fatima in Aligarh, We the Isolationists (218th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Subiya Fatima] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my cat sitting atop my bookshelf. I look over at the various rich, thick books on politics, history, romantic novels,…
City Series – Furquan Khan in New York, We the Isolationists (217th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Furquan Khan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see New York! and it is eerily quiet, the blazing sirens break the silence – every now and then, the glittering…
City Series – Shiraza Ibrahim in Monroe, USA, We the Isolationists (216th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shiraza Ibrahim] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see nothing. I keep them open to see the city of New York, to see a home in a faraway land,…
City Series – Aditi Shukla-Fozdar in Ahmedabad, We the Isolationists (215th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aditi Shukla-Fozdar] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see… Nothing really changed. Nothing did. New wish lists replaced pre-quarantine ones. The Fear-Of-Missing-Out Got replaced with The Fear-Of-I-Didn’t-Make-The-Most-Of-It. Mommy Guilt…
City Series – Azhar Ali Siddiqui in Delhi, We the Isolationists (214th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Azhar Ali Siddiqui] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see and I see the whole world as described below: They were locked They were down A kick in the…
City Series – Anushree Udakhe in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, We the Isolationists (213th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anushree Udakhe] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my hostel room. I see myself hustling and running and tensed with all the submissions I had for my 6th…
City Series – Yaish Ahmad in Delhi, We the Isolationists (212th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Yaish Ahmad] I I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the quietness that, Neruda, in one of his poems, wished for: an exotic moment when all the chaos and…
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