City Series – Akshita Sharma in Lucknow, We the Isolationists (419th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - August 3, 2020August 14, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Akshita Sharma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see the loneliness surging inside me. As I closed my eyes in the early days of lockdown, I've felt the presence of two viruses--one was corona, obviously and the other one was anxiety. For me, unburdening myself from negativity was not easy. I wrote pages and pages and pages with the ink of despair but was not able to explain the void I was feeling. Still loaded with many thoughts, I close and open my eyes daily with the hope that one day I'll meet humans again and then I'll forget about me and my negativity. “We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part
City Series – Ankita Khanna in Gurgaon, We the Isolationists (418th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - August 3, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ankita Khanna] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see a kinder world. A world where we care--about each other and about the planet. A world with fewer platitudes and more heartfelt, naked emotion. A world where there are more hands pulling us up than tugging us down. A world where equality is lived and embodied in every step and glance, and doesn’t have to be constantly strived for. A world where we don’t need a virus to remind us to get our act together. A world with less ‘me’ and more ‘we’. “We the Isolationists” series urges folks from any part of the world to share a brief diary starting with “I
City Series – Astha Vaibhavi in Sitamarhi, Bihar, We the Isolationists (417th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - August 3, 2020August 10, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Astha Vaibhavi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see myself completing those last 3 months of my college life. I see myself completing those series of selfies that we started taking just when 100 days were left for the college to over. I see myself re-planning all those plans that I know now will never be successful. All those class bunks, sitting sessions at the canteen and endless number of talks. I see myself getting confused on what to wear to the college in order to impress someone...after all the college romance had just begun. I see myself living all those moments where I am the happiest and around the the most
City Series – Ana Hasan in Delhi, We the Isolationists (416th Corona Diary) Corona Diary by The Delhi Walla - August 3, 2020August 3, 20200 Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ana Hasan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona and I see a dream so real... my best friend and I finally decide to meet after ages! We're with each other and plan to go for a movie at the nearest mall. As soon as we step out, we realise we've forgotten our masks. We head back in, grab our masks and head out. We're too paranoid to go to the mall now, what if we catch the virus? So we roam around the city in silence, gaze at our favourite places from afar, boxed in our car... but hey, at least we're together :) I wake up alone, miss my friend terribly and then
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Life with Norton Poetry of Anthology, Central Delhi City Poetry by The Delhi Walla - August 2, 20200 Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ink is trickling from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. Poetry, you ask? I used to dislike it too. I was also scared by it. And, as any responsible person, I considered there were things way more important than such fiddle. Like preparing for competitive exams. Finding a job. Keeping up to date with the news. Following the newest fashion. And making that long-due appointment with the dentist. These are the things that keep the wheels of life moving. But since past few years, reading poems is starting to be as essential to me as brushing my teeth in the morning (and at night). There is