It was the best of times and it was the worst of time as Charles Dickens rightly said.

The quarantine is a very unique event in our lives. Even generations who have seen the World Wars confess that it is most dangerous when the real enemy is not visible. The biggest tactical disadvantage that we have in this war against COVID 19 is that you can’t trust anyone. From a stranger to your co-passenger to your next-door-neighbour to a family member, just anyone can transmit the Corona virus to you. It is as if the virus is a shape shifter and can take any form or shape.

And thus social distancing has become the grand narrative, and the only way to break the chain of the spread of Corona.

The quarantine and lockdown has become a norm rather than an exception during this war against the killer virus. And even in these extreme times of extreme measures when the intensity of emotions and feelings are at an extreme, love conquers all. May be not in its conventional pristine form, but love sure blossoms in an unconventional grey or even dark form.

These six love stories are slices of lives across different segments of the society and how the quarantine and lockdown irreversibly changed their lives forever. The world for them is no longer the same. So Dark Love has been the inspiration in penning these six stories. The first story is about an affair between two office colleagues, the second explores the story of a male escort, who indulges in multiple affairs with clients. The third is about two people hooking up in an airport while the fourth is a narrative about a couple-both who indulge in an illicit affair. The fifth showcases a doctor’s paternal love to a girl who reminds him of his daughter while the last explores the complexity of the relationship between three people.

The Quarantined has you!