City Series – Delaney Waldron in Orange County, California, We the Isolationists (227th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Delaney Waldron] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my hands dry from too many washes clacking on a blue fluorescent keyboard the electric tower i type to blows…
City Hangout – Lockdown Lanes, Khan Market
Corona on the front lane. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] No clacker-clacker of high heels on the front lane pavement. No one saying, “My daughter, who is doing her MBA in New York…” No famous face is to…
City Life – A Bunch of Labourers, South Delhi
Stranded at site. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Attired in a lungi and banian, he could be any Delhi man at home. But Vinod Kumar is a security guard. It is morning and he is standing atop a…
City Series – Tanmay in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (226th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tanmay] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a cup of insipid tea. Pages of ‘The Stranger’ fluttering lazily, the melancholy, and resounding acceptance, emanating from them seems like…
City Hangout – Ghost Street Stalls, South Delhi
The life in lockdown. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The yellowing leaves fallen from the tree above have carpeted the dusty ground, turning it into a padded mattress of golden-yellow. A large wooden chest is stacked against the…
City Series – Abhimanyu Raj in Delhi, We the Isolationists (225th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Abhimanyu Raj ] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see yearning, flowing through the ridges of my palms, like cheap olive oil. I see another night and a pair…
City Series – Reshma Sanyal in Pune, We the Isolationists (223rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Reshma Sanyal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see struggles of the introverts and recluses, those that are often misunderstood. The struggle to get out of bed and put…
City Series – Salouni Mohanty in Bhubaneswar, We the Isolationists (222nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Salouni Mohanty] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself drifting away to one of those windy evenings of 2021, when I would sit under the porch carpeted by…
City Series – Zahir Abbas in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, We the Isolationists (221st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Zahir Abbas] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see how life comes to a standstill and how nature takes charge. I see birds making fun of us and sun…
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…
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