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Covid-19 quarantine diaries from around the world

As the virus shuts the world down, what does life today look like in Hong Kong and Washington, Dubai and Gotland? Here are despatches from Indians in eight different countries

'From Washington to Singapore, Indians tell us what the world looks like from where they are.
'From Washington to Singapore, Indians tell us what the world looks like from where they are.

Covid-19 has prompted a global shutdown of a kind never seen before. Though everyone is fighting a common enemy, how does the response change from one region to another? From quarantine bouquets in Sydney to Finland's 'sisu', what coping strategies have people adopted? We asked eight Indians in different countries around the world to share their quarantine diaries.

Washington, DC: Maintaining a two-leash distance in Arlington

Hong Kong: ‘There is no city that I would rather be in...’

Sydney: Bouncers, beaches and quarantine bouquets

Singapore: This is what it means to be Singaporean

Vaasa: Finland’s spirit of ‘sisu’

Dubai: What diversity means in the shadow of a global virus

Gotland: Hardy islanders can cope with anything

London: Love, loneliness, tulips and social media

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