Mission Delhi - Som Nath, Nehru Place

Mission Delhi – Som Nath, Nehru Place

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Parked on the side of the road, an auto rickshaw driver and his green-and-yellow rickshaw are waiting for customers. This used to be one of…

City Series – Pooja Priyamvada in Delhi, We the Isolationists (330th Corona Diary)

City Series – Pooja Priyamvada in Delhi, We the Isolationists (330th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Pooja Priyamvada] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see him and I walking down the cobbled streets of his discreet European village, I hear the snow settling gently…

City Series – Shagufta Naaz in Moradabad, We the Isolationists (329th Corona Diary)

City Series – Shagufta Naaz in Moradabad, We the Isolationists (329th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shagufta Naaz] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see our sphere healing, flowers blooming, Leaves fluttering, stars brighter, thoughts wider, heads lighter. Amidst the chaos, serenity is what…

City Series – Priyanka Singhal in Delhi, We the Isolationists (328th Corona Diary)

City Series – Priyanka Singhal in Delhi, We the Isolationists (328th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priyanka Singhal] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see evenings are long The sky is clean The birds chirp & Animals are free The flowers are blooming The…

City Series – Priyanka Rathi Verma in Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (327th Corona Diary)

City Series – Priyanka Rathi Verma in Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (327th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Priyanka Rathi Verma] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see myself having that one cup of afternoon coffee, home alone, overlooking at the high-rises and busy highway from…

City Series –  Ipshita Mitra in Delhi, We the Isolationists (326th Corona Diary)

City Series – Ipshita Mitra in Delhi, We the Isolationists (326th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ipshita Mitra] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see a reality which is slipping away from my firm grip. I tiptoe down the stairs to reach a closed…

City Series –  Luma Abbas in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (325th Corona Diary)

City Series – Luma Abbas in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (325th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Luma Abbas] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see A huge spectrum of colours smeared across a wall. Slowly, yet fascinatingly the colours fade away. Black and white…

City Series –  Bhumika Israni in Bombay, We the Isolationists (324th Corona Diary)

City Series – Bhumika Israni in Bombay, We the Isolationists (324th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Bhumika Israni] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see myself staring at a beautiful sunset, the strokes of red and yellow, a haphazardly painted masterpiece. I have a…

City Series –  Hunar Duggal in Bathinda, Punjab, We the Isolationists (323rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Hunar Duggal in Bathinda, Punjab, We the Isolationists (323rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Hunar Duggal] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see the peril of taking liberties of life we had for granted. Musing over HD Thoreau’s time tested postulate that…

City Series –  Khushi Mehta in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (322nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Khushi Mehta in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (322nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Khushi Mehta] I close my eyes in self isolation from corona… and I see a beautiful smile on a rickshaw walla’s face, I see a sense of contentment in farmer’s eyes. I see…