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The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaSutapa Roy Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Wish my butterfly would live forever is a dream of a girl that stretched its wings during pandemic lockdown in Kolkata, a city of India. As butterfly is a metaphor of maturity and change, the story evolves and throws…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaManisha Mondal Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory It was a lonely last journey for Azhar, a seven-month-old COVID-19 patient who was buried at the Jadid Qabristan Ahle Islam in Delhi’s ITO area Saturday by the staff of the cemetery. His parents, ThePrint learnt, had left Delhi…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaSoumyabrata Roy Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Rahul, 24, contracted polio at an early age. He can’t stand because of his defective legs and walks with his hands. He has carried his necessary documents and ‘mask’ in a plastic bag on his jaws in the distribution…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaSubhajit Naskar Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Having lost her husband in the early years of marriage , Kailasi Sen supports her family by working in COVID-19 ward. Her son doesn’t want her to work in the hospital as a janitor but since he lost his…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaNilesh Kumar Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory As a travel photographer I’ve always been in a place almost every 2-3 months for the past 2 years. As this pandemic hit us, we aren’t able to go outside so I’m learning to photograph my own emotions and…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaKaushik Dutta Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory This little boy, struggling to come to terms with life with a mask, seems to believe that his mother might protect him from all calamities, even an unseen virus. The healing and influencing power of mothers in protecting families…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaMadhu Gopal Rao Rama Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory The National Lockdown in my country was an unexpected and something new to us, with nowhere to go, rooftops have become the new found places during the pandemic. I shot this picture from my rooftop of a…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaSumit Pati Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory Due to lockdown many people are facing problems, COVID-19 killed people directly and indirectly. People who lost their job have to survive this pandemic by using their savings. Amit, my elder brother, came back home from Kolkata after quitting…

The Covid Experience: Dispatches from AsiaSubmissions by Country/TerritoryIndiaAbhijeet Gurjar Quick links: Introduction / Submissions by Country/Territory People from the Kasba Bavada area from Kolhapur, Maharashtra western states of India rushed to purchase vegetables. It is the first phase of nationwide lockdown. The market shifted to the adjoining highway with distanced marking to maintain social distancing.…