City Series – Leela Satyan in Singapore, We the Isolationists (377th Corona Diary)

City Series – Leela Satyan in Singapore, We the Isolationists (377th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Leela Satyan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a soul trapped in trepidation. The pandemonium it is in right now, seems to be a trailer to the movie…

City Series –  Soumya Das in Bhubaneswar, We the Isolationists (376th Corona Diary)

City Series – Soumya Das in Bhubaneswar, We the Isolationists (376th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Soumya Das] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself ten years down the line. Even though it seems extremely courageous to imagine a future amidst this situation, I…

City Series – Humaira Haroon in Kiev, Ukraine, We the Isolationists (375th Corona Diary)

City Series – Humaira Haroon in Kiev, Ukraine, We the Isolationists (375th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Humaira Haroon] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the nine coffee cups I own. It starts by my hand tracing a hardback, my friend’s conspiracy of Shakespeare being…

City Series – Padma Sinha in London, We the Isolationists (374th Corona Diary)

City Series – Padma Sinha in London, We the Isolationists (374th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Padma Sinha] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see you. You meet me! Like a soft voice in my head. Like molten silver on Thames on a full moon…

City Series – Sarthak Gupta in Delhi, We the Isolationists (373rd Corona Diary)

City Series – Sarthak Gupta in Delhi, We the Isolationists (373rd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sarthak Gupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself drowning. Drowning in my own thinking so profound that muscles don’t want to move to the verity. In the…

City Series – Bhuvi Sharma in Moradabad, We the Isolationists (372nd Corona Diary)

City Series – Bhuvi Sharma in Moradabad, We the Isolationists (372nd Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Bhuvi Sharma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself pondering over the times I took the little things for granted. Be it a glance/frown from a stranger or…

City Series – Mitiksha Gupta in Bulandshahr, We the Isolationists (371st Corona Diary)

City Series – Mitiksha Gupta in Bulandshahr, We the Isolationists (371st Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mitiksha Gupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself standing alone on a deserted road. It seems that the time has stopped and has given me a chance…

City Series – Sarojini Singh in Delhi, We the Isolationists (370th Corona Diary)

City Series – Sarojini Singh in Delhi, We the Isolationists (370th Corona Diary)

Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sarojini Singh] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself flying on the wings of my imagination. I fly up and down on the meadows of flowers, hover upon…

City Obituary - Muhammed Aijaz ‘Chickenwale’, 1963-2020

City Obituary – Muhammed Aijaz ‘Chickenwale’, 1963-2020

The passing of a time. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In most places these days, the news of a death spreads through WhatsApp and Facebook. But in Old Delhi, pasting a handwritten note on a public wall continues…

Mission Delhi - Devendra Bisht, Bahrisons Booksellers, Galleria Market

Mission Delhi – Devendra Bisht, Bahrisons Booksellers, Galleria Market

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Coronavirus isn’t going away any time soon. One will have to live with the pandemic. These are truths universally acknowledged. Devendra Bisht, 39, has appropriately…