Mission Delhi – Raffaele Bergamasco, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He coaches India’s women boxing team. He has trained boxing champion Mary Kom. He’s famous. But these days, Raffaele Bergamasco, 49, is holed up in…
City Series – Esha Lohia in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, We the Isolationists (166th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Esha Lohia] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my dad going to office daily in this quarantine and my level of anxiety increases as he kick-starts his scooty…
City Series – Ridhima Sharma in New York, We the Isolationists (165th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Ridhima Sharma] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see a world of screens and distances. In the cacophony of this pandemic, I have visions of different kinds… a promise…
City Series – Gaana Premaraj in Mangalore, We the Isolationists (164th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Gaana Premaraj] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself struggling to build a home away from home, staring at days and nights sitting at the corner of my…
City Series – Surbhi Sukhija in Delhi, We the Isolationists (163rd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Surbhi Sukhija] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see the myriad colours of my Delhi. An enigma, she continues to mystify novices and to rouse lasting nostalgia in the…
City Life – Divya Babu’s WhatsApp Art Fest, Gurgaon
Art amid corona. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Anxious messages from worried parents and friends. Forwarded recommendations for a better body immunity. Links to so-called experts’ pieces of advice. Morbid jokes and e-mojies. And lots and lots of…
City Series – Aparajita Sinha in Ghatsila, Jharkhand, We the Isolationists (162nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Aparajita Sinha] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see her waddling towards me with a cup of tea and a brimming smile. We giggle at the conversations of an…
City Series – Syed Rawshid in Safapora, Kashmir, We the Isolationists (162nd Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Syed Rawshid] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see that we are free from lockdowns… not just this one, but the ones that have consumed our life… of hate,…
City Series – Kulsoom Bano in Karachi, We the Isolationists (161st Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Kulsoom Bano] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself back in time when I could hear the sound of traffic, the noise of children playing outside, and driving…
City Series – Anushree Ghosh in Bangalore, We the Isolationists (160th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Anushree Ghosh] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself smiling, visualizing the normal. A ring on my doorbell from my boyfriend (now stuck in London), a message from…
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