City Series – Aishwarya Praveen in Nagpur, We the Isolationists (202nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aishwarya Praveen] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see reality, finally having caught up with me. It looks at me with pitying eyes as I stand with my back…
City Library – Sikander Aaquil’s Lockdown Reading, New Palam Vihar
Finding Geeta. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Sikander Aaquil’s work has come to a grinding halt. A building contractor, he can no longer oversee the construction of private houses — though he does spend some time every day…
City Series – Suraiya Hasan in Paris, We the Isolationists (200th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Suraiya Hasan] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself delved in a delirium exhausted by the electronic sadness. Colors float in my mind! A longstanding deep desire to…
Mission Delhi – Rajkumar, South Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] At some point or another, everybody confronts — in their own way — the damage the pandemic is causing on their life. In his case,…
City Series – Somrita Urni Ganguly in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (199th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Somrita Urni Ganguly] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see roses blooming on my twenty-year-old tree. Every morning. With such a bright redness, in such plenitude. Why has spring…
City Series – Asiem Sanyal in Nagpur, We the Isolationists (198th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Asiem Sanyal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see nature redefining her boundaries, spiriting away pollution in deep, steadying breaths. Each star in her diadem is distinctly visible, and…
City Series – Fazila Mansuri in Bombay, We the Isolationists (197th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Fazila Mansuri] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself exploring and knowing about the people of my city, taking pictures and writing about them on my Instagram, which…
City Series – Twinkle Makol in Delhi, We the Isolationists (196th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Twinkle Makol] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see how it encouraged me to bridge the existing distance in my family. Time flew and we grew apart, heedlessly. The…
City Walk – Golf Course Road, Gurgaon
The way of high life. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Hanging out in the noisy cafes, watching a movie with hundred others in the multiplex, elbowing one’s way to a metro seat… what was all that? The prolonged…
City Series – Sayantani Sengupta in Calcutta, We the Isolationists (194th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Sayantani Sengupta] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see kashful, Kanchenjunga and a nameless river. I see the horcruxes I’ve made out of my love–a slightly withered white fluff,…
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