City Hangout – MF Husain Marg and Other Husain Hotspots, Around Town Hangouts by The Delhi Walla - May 13, 2020May 13, 20200 In an artist's world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Though lockdown is easing, entering the world outside is still risky. The old carefree pre-corona days are gone. And yet, some of us are already day-dreaming of going back to the places we’ve been missing so desperately while staying at home, whether a monument or a garden, a restaurant or a museum. There is no knowing when will all those places reopen. But here’s a destination recommendation for that longed-for day. It is in Gurgaon in the Greater Delhi Region, and a unique place in the entire country. The expansive Delhi has many roads named after artists, such as Amrita Shergill Marg (painter), Thyagaraja Marg (music composer), and Tolstoy Marg (writer). But
City Series – Asmita Singh in Delhi, We the Isolationists (294th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - May 13, 20202 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Asmita Singh] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona... and I see myself staring into the mirror, same as yesterday, same as the day before. She stares back at me. She is not I. I wonder if she too, is stuck in her reality as I am in mine. I wonder if she wrote another book or did she sink into her mind? I wonder if she is a bad feminist on some days. I wonder if she hates someone she loved or has she realised that hate is an enervating thing to hold on to. I wonder if she feels the same guilt as I do. Will Ayn Rand forgive me for leaving Atlas
City Series – Sakshi Srivastava in Haldwani, We the Isolationists (293rd Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - May 13, 2020May 13, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sakshi Srivastava] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona... and I see myself on the cliffs of Mukteshwar. The freezing mountain air in my knotted hair, making my eyes water and nose red. The valleys below drowning me in the fear of abyss and the solitary Nanda Devi glaring at me, from among the majestic snowcapped Himalayas. I know where she comes from. Her intense stare encompasses all of her desires, burning deep within, and yet hidden deep beneath the layers of snow. I take out my journal and jot this down, because this is what she would have done. “We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part of the world to share a brief diary
City Series – Zareen Khan in Faridabad, We the Isolationists (292nd Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - May 13, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Zareen Khan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona... and I see... a city that has come to a stand still, there is an unsual absence of that thrill, about seeing those I am in love, sprinting metros, pooping dove, the murmurs enveloping, and the curiosity developing for what I am about to evesdrop today, some conversations I'll forget, others will stay I kind of miss the commotion you know, this city is an emotion, and now that we all are home-bound, I long for the crowd the incessant cries, the voice and the sound, till then, "please mind the gap" “We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part of the world to share a brief diary starting with “I close my eyes in my