How I Found Hope in Nature During The Corona
My heart almost ripped out hearing the strange silence around me while I walked on the stony path leading to my home. The patch of green before me lay still, lifeless and morose. I turned to look around at the park where kids play. It was weary and lifeless and missed little feet which truly belonged there.
I had stepped out of home for essentials after about a month since the lockdown due to Covid-19 and almost shuddered at the eerie silence around me.
Aren’t these strange times we are living in that one submicroscopic pathogen has paralyzed the entire globe? It is definitely a scary and scarring time for all of us across borders and oceans, and for once, we feel the same feelings, we fear the same fear-one that defies culture, customs, space, or time.
Our days are lost in dismayed quietude and our nights are held tight hoping for a brighter day. My country, India, is in a complete lockdown right now. Where I live, the most technologically advanced city of the country, Bangalore, we have seen a complete shutdown of services and life since last month. Our schools, colleges, offices have been gnawingly devoid of life since March. On the contrary, the walls of our homes have suddenly revived with a fresh new breath. We are all locked at home waiting for this maelstrom to end.
