City Series – Shivangi Choubey in Delhi, We the Isolationists (184th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Shivangi Choubey] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my women coming back on streets everywhere. I see Shaheen Bagh light up again. I see myself repeating the slogans…
City Series – Jasleen Arora in Kanpur, We the Isolationists (183rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Jasleen Arora] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see questions which I have always been scared to retrospect and put them in words. Is it fine if you don’t…
City Series – Vyomika Dev in Kurukshetra, We the Isolationists (182nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Vyomika Dev] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the low hanging hazardous wires of Chawri Bazar. My hands touching the red sandstone at Jama Masjid. My head bent…
City Series – Prachi Nagpal in Delhi, We the Isolationists (181st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Prachi Nagpal] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself holding a cup of Tulsi tea that I never liked at home and would never have otherwise. I remember…
City Series – Laure Huberty in Brussels, We the Isolationists (180th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Laure Huberty] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a long-forgotten travel scene. I sit at a derelict pool in an old empty government hotel in Ouidah, meters from…
City Series – Eileen Walder in Edmundi, Australia, We the Isolationists (179th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Eileen Walder] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself reflecting on the fragility of life. Why am I still here despite numerous brushes with death? In a wood…
City Series – Afsar Zaidi in Bombay, We the Isolationists (178th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Afsar Zaidi] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see An image of people hurrying From one place to another Yet, there is a certain stillness In them Seems like…
City Series – Geetanjali Khot in Sangli, Maharashtra, We the Isolationists (177th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Geetanjali Khot] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see that I’m lying down on the terrace gazing at the stars, with music in my ears, thinking about the medical…
City Series – Aqsa Ishaq in Lahore, We the Isolationists (176th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aqsa Ishaq] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a used Philips hand blender. Old friends reading Faiz to each other while lacking coherence in their sentences. I cannot…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Nayan Sharma ‘Vidharmi’’s Poem on Corona, DLF Phase III
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Really, is Gurgaon all about soulless malls and office towers? That’s how unimaginative Delhi snobs like to diss the Millennium City in the Greater Delhi Region. It’s obviously untrue….
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