City Series – Nisha Yadav in Ajmer, We the Isolationists (291st Corona Diary)

City Series – Nisha Yadav in Ajmer, We the Isolationists (291st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Nisha Yadav] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a blurred figurine wanting to talk to me. I wonder who that is and what it wants to say. Lockdown…

Home Sweet Home - Smriti Saigal's Two Balconies, Sector 47, Gurgaon

Home Sweet Home – Smriti Saigal’s Two Balconies, Sector 47, Gurgaon

The world of balconies. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She first went up to the 6th floor, moved higher to the 13th floor, but later fell down to the first floor before settling down here on the 14th…

City Series – Ayushi Thakur in Jabalpur, We the Isolationists (290th Corona Diary)

City Series – Ayushi Thakur in Jabalpur, We the Isolationists (290th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ayushi Thakur] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see our fresh footprints etched on the muddy ground, running and falling, while we amble this empty city together. I see…

Home Sweet Home - Abdul Rahim's Bedroom Window, Kulcha Tara Chand, Old Delhi

Home Sweet Home – Abdul Rahim’s Bedroom Window, Kulcha Tara Chand, Old Delhi

The world of a window. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Outside. What is that? What is it like? Until recently the world beyond our homes—the streets, the parks, the metro, the malls—was seamlessly integrated in our daily living….

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Shivangi Sharma's Poem on Corona, Sector 15, Gurgaon

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Shivangi Sharma’s Poem on Corona, Sector 15, Gurgaon

Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It feels like a lifetime ago, when Shivangi Sharma would take the auto rickshaw from home to HUDA metro station, board the Yellow Line train to Green Park, and…