Living History – Shambhavi Solanki’s Chapter, Sector 40, Gurgaon
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla is trying to prepare a part of the Coronavirus pandemic’s first draft by putting a set of questions about ‘daily life these times’ to people from diverse backgrounds. Today, it’s…
City Series – Mitushi Pandey in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, We the Isolationists (430th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Mitushi Pandey] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see bougainvilleas blooming in their glory under the teasing winter sun—existing exactly the same way I last saw them, months ago,…
City Landmark – Semal Tree, Connaught Place
An urban sanctuary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One of the most beautiful things in Connaught Place, Delhi’s Colonial-era shopping district, cannot be purchased. It’s a tree in E-block: semal, or bombax ceiba. The towering deciduous tree clashes…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Saquib Hussain’s Poem on Forgiveness, DLF Phase 3, Gurgaon
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He lost his job in April. Because of the coronavirus pandemic. Saquib Hussain, 28, was an online strategist working for a multinational company. Even so, he is feeling very…
City Series – Srishti Singh in Chandigarh, We the Isolationists (429th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Srishti Singh] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see the turmoil within. The fear of not knowing what comes next and feel the aura of uncertainty hovering above the…
City Series – Tejaswini Gadhave in Pune, We the Isolationists (428th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tejaswini Gadhave] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself reliving the sociable and busy life I had carved for myself in the last four years in Bombay, away…
City Series – Tawfeeq Irshad Mir, in Sopore, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (427th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tawfeeq Irshad Mir] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see the colourful birds resting on the door panes emulated with surreal symphonies. The environ around summons me as if…
City Series – Indrani Dasgupta in Clarksburg, the US, We the Isolationists (426th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Indrani Dasgupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see an altered pace of a world that was just until the other day a haven for relentless pursuit of personal…
City Series – Poushali Chakraborty in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (425th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Poushali Chakraborty] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see things which ‘were’ so close but yet so far ‘now’. But there again I see myself living a life which…
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