City Series – Manami Chakravorty in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (424th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Manami Chakravorty] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see things which could have been happening right now. This could have been a candle light dinner, or maybe World War…
City Series – Kamna in Patna, We the Isolationists (423rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Kamna] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself as a conceptual thinker who learn the concepts that are presented but also want to know the related concepts that…
City Series – Tanvi Akhauri in Delhi, We the Isolationists (422nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Tanvi Akhauri] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see the Dilli of my dreams that once was, caught in the time snag of olden days I never lived, only…
City Series – Anandi Mishra in Delhi, We the Isolationists (421st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anandi Mishra] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see a green-blue sea stretch out. I take baby steps into the waterscape. But the water with its violent force gushes…
Mission Delhi – Devendra Kumar, Jacobpura
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The family is cutting costs wherever it can. Devendra Kumar no longer “drinks a peg or two” and his school-going sons have stopped demanding treats of samosas and burgers. “As for my Mrs,…
City Obituary – Author Sadia Dehlvi, 1957-2020
An author’s life. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “I want to be buried here,” said Sadia Dehlvi, the author of Sufism: The Heart of Islam, The Sufi Courtyard: Dargahs of Delhi and Jasmine & Jinns: Memories and Recipes…
City Season – Monsoon’s Sunset Hues, Around Town
Heaven’s canvass. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It comes unexpected. Suddenly the grim, grey sky disappears to be replaced by a haze of deep shades of blue, with hints of pale red or pink. This is an extraordinary…
Home Sweet Home – Jayanti Pandey’s Calcutta Bookcase, DLF Phase 4, Gurgaon
Into thin air. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In these days of self-isolation, we all need some sort of escape. Jayanti Pandey, 55, can obviously not take a flight for some time to Cambodia or Dubai or Russia–her…
City Series – Sneh Sahani in Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (420th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sneh Sahani] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see my friends… jumping and giggling around the table snatching fries from each others’ hands and passing around half finished drinks….
Mission Delhi – Shah Hasan, Bhalswa Dairy
Homecoming dress. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] So much has changed in just a few months. Auto rickshaw driver Shah Hasan barely manages to register the individuality of his customers anymore. “They’re always in masks…. a series of…
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