Shishir Baxi

“Coronation” is a portmanteau of “corona” and “nation”. "Corona-tion Stories" is a collection of short stories which explores how individuals were impacted by the conquest of nations by a virus called Corona.This is a collection of six short stories of 6,500 words each. The stories are loosely based on the timeline of the spread of the virus and the global fight-back. Four of the six stories are set in Mumbai (India), one is in Paris (France) and one is in Dubai (UAE).The stories do not make the virus the “hero” or “villain” of the narratives. They try to draw out the impact of the virus on one individual, and their response to a situation they had never faced before. The...