City Series – Raj Kumar Sarkar in Howrah, We the Isolationists (245th Corona Diary)

City Series – Raj Kumar Sarkar in Howrah, We the Isolationists (245th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Raj Kumar Sarkar] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the excitement in my eyes as I blow away the tiny flames on a batman-shaped cake. I can hear…

City Series – Sarang Gupta in Bombay, We the Isolationists (244th Corona Diary)

City Series – Sarang Gupta in Bombay, We the Isolationists (244th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sarang Gupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see hills of western ghats merging into foothills of Pir Panjal. Back home some 2,000 kms away, I see Tawi river…

City Series – Raj Pattni in London, We the Isolationists (243rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Raj Pattni in London, We the Isolationists (243rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Raj Pattni] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a world, that existed in the before. I see the humdrum of schedules, the chasing of time, I see apathy,…

City Series – Ivan Ganguly in Jamshedpur, We the Isolationists (242nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Ivan Ganguly in Jamshedpur, We the Isolationists (242nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ivan Ganguly] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see memories of those cities we never looked back upon. They remember us. They remember of us for the love we…

City Series – Shridhar Jawak in Longyearbyen, Norway, We the Isolationists (241st Corona Diary)

City Series – Shridhar Jawak in Longyearbyen, Norway, We the Isolationists (241st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shridhar Jawak] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see bright sunlight that persists day and night and seldom fades in the end. Bluish tranquil waters in the fjord, sometimes…

City Series – Arindita Gogoi in Secunderabad, Telangana, We the Isolationists (240th Corona Diary)

City Series – Arindita Gogoi in Secunderabad, Telangana, We the Isolationists (240th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Arindita Gogoi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see human constellations…each star located light-years apart but forming meaning just by their mere existence. Time begets universe begets time Both…

City Series – Hangul Saeed in Turbat, Balochistan, We the Isolationists (239th Corona Diary)

City Series – Hangul Saeed in Turbat, Balochistan, We the Isolationists (239th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Hangul Saeed] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see that in an attempt to distance myself away from the world fighting against death, I turned to the master of…

Mission Delhi - Ganju, GB Road

Mission Delhi – Ganju, GB Road

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He continues to look carefree. As if the world was still the same. To be fair, his life hasn’t been altered at all by the…

City Series – Najma Shamim in Poonch, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (238th Corona Diary)

City Series – Najma Shamim in Poonch, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (238th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Najma Shamim] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself sitting; aloof, lost in my own world. As I try to conjure something from my brain, a fragment of…

City Series – Faiza Hashmi in Delhi, We the Isolationists (237th Corona Diary)

City Series – Faiza Hashmi in Delhi, We the Isolationists (237th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Faiza Hashmi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my home. Rays of sunset are dazzling upon my mother’s shoulder as she picks bougainvillea flowers from the scaffold of…