City Series – Anamika Singh in Delhi, We the Isolationists (275th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anamika Singh] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself wandering in mountains, trekking with my dog who is crazy for treks. Then I open up my eyes to the chirping…
City Series – Sumaiyya Rehman in Delhi, We the Isolationists (274th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sumaiyya Rehman] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see that road which I would take on way to my university, stopping momentarily to adjust my earphones. The summer heat…
Julia Child in Delhi – Italian Woman’s Lockdown Paneer, South Delhi
The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] She’s a garlic-loving Italian woman, living in Delhi, and she makes Indian dishes better than many Indians. Her dal makhani is as buttery as in any respectable…
City Series – Abhinab Saxena in Hyderabad, We the Isolationists (273rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Abhinab Saxena] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see only the protagonists from the books I have read making a story of their own. I see Rilke telling Mawlana…
City Series – Abhimanyu in Faridabad, We the Isolationists (272nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Abhimanyu] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my college walls. Red as a rose. The sweet smell of flowers just outside the principal’s office. The puppies with whom…
City Series – Chandrima Das in Guwahati, We the Isolationists (271st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Chandrima Das] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see her standing barefoot behind the walls. The noisy birds fighting over the leftovers drew my attention towards her. Huh, she…
City Series – Urvashi Mukherjee in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (270th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Urvashi Mukherjee] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a rather large empti-ness, like an umbrella or dome or inverted soup-bowl. It has us both protected and trapped. In…
City Series – Aishwarya Shrivastav in Bhopal, We the Isolationists (269th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aishwarya Shrivastav] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see empty gardens that once housed poetry evenings. We could still run away for verse or worse. I see a kid…
City Series – Geetanjali Chitta in Delhi, We the Isolationists (268th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Geetanjali Chitta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself paying attention to the distant voices around me that otherwise got lost in the noise of routine. In a…
City Series – Misaal Khan in Rampur, We the Isolationists (267th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Misaal Khan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see nothing. A blank canvas but black, an empty feeling but sweet. When the whole world is on pause, it just…
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