
How sweet are these gestures! Do you think if there wasn’t a lockdown, they would have even thought about it?Ĭan you imagine the world-famous stars and singers having a haircut at home? Well, Camila Cabellos‘s mother cut her hair at home. The American singer, Nick Jonas is giving his beautiful actress wife Priyanka Chopra piano lessons. Then Madhuri Dixit singing Ed Sheeran’s song with son Arin in #iForIndia online Bollywood concert for COVID-19 relief. Actor Shah Rukh Khan singing beautifully and sending a message- “Sab Thik Ho Jaega (all will be well)”. Our hidden talents are also surfacing now. How we miss out on these beautiful little moments of peace and harmony! I am sure my cousin’s mother-in-law will find peace in her last days of life and give blessings to them. “I just stare at her face lightening up talking about her son! From now, I am going to spend some time every day with her even if it is 15 minutes,” she gushed with excitement. But now they sit together and share stories. Till now they were always so busy they couldn’t give her time. Zahida and her husband love to listen about her husband’s childhood stories from her. She told me how she was able to give time to her mother-in-law, who stays with them as she is very old and alone. Writing novels, poems, articles painting, singing, taking dance, arts or cooking classes online learning languages, reading books, sorting and cleaning the junk at home passing quality time with family members, making calls to near and dear ones, doing exercise, trying to cook interesting or innovative dishes are just a few of the list. Yes, this situation is an ample opportunity for people to learn a few things they have always wanted to. We plan to sing together when I visit her after the lockdown – something we are both excited about. With this lockdown, she felt she could take this opportunity and learn it. In her childhood, I bought a guitar for her but somehow she couldn’t master it. Let us try to concentrate on the positive vibes in our lives right now.Ī week ago, my daughter presently pursuing her higher studies in Canada called me and gave me a surprise. We cannot let negativity overwhelm us with anxiety and depression.

It is making many of us irritable or on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Apart from going out to shop some essentials, we are stuck at home for an indefinite period.


Moreover, staying at home and life without our regular work is becoming unbearable. Most of us are suffering from some kind of mental stress during the coronavirus lockdown since media is bombarded with the tragic and scary stories of deaths, hunger, opinions, analysis and research updates of the aftermath of this pandemic. We just started laughing after that and then hung up promising to call each other later to share.

When was the last time I have seen this wonderfully ecstatic moment of innocence and beauty?”- I could feel my friend Shamima’s voice reverberating with emotions, cascading through her heart and travelling straight to my heart. The sunrays were shining through the lifted curtains on his beautiful innocent face. “You know, I stood at the door of my 9-year-old son’s bedroom a few minutes back.
