Patna: In corona times, kids pen poems, embrace music

PATNA: With uncertainty looming large over the end of the Covid-19 lockdown, many youngsters have started learning new skills to keep themselves occupied.
Notre Dame Academy Class XII student Sanya Sinha and her sister Sanvi, who studies in Class VIII, wrote a collection of poems titled ‘An Ode to Verity’ during the lockdown. The e-book is now available on Amazon.
Sanya told this newspaper on Wednesday, “We began writing the poems after the lockdown was implemented in March and finished them on April 18. We got a confirmation about the book’s release on April 22 and now, it is available on Amazon for everyone to read.”
One of the poems — ‘The Spoon, the Comb and the Notebook’ — is on coronavirus and depicts how the poetesses start imagining things amid the lockdown. The others are based on social issues. ‘Wings of Nightfall’, for instance, talks about the molestation of a girl.
Music lovers Prashant Jain and Sumeet Kumar began learning the keyboard piano after the lockdown got extended. Sumeet said, “I like playing the guitar when I am free, but I got bored and decided to learn something new. I formed an online musical band with my friend Prashant and we have started playing the keyboard piano.”
Prashant, a resident of Nageshwar Colony, said, “Music keeps my mind calm. If the lockdown is extended again, Sumeet and I will compose some good music together.”
A dancing enthusiast, Trisha Singh, has uploaded more than 28 videos to a social media site. “The response from the audience has been great so far,” the Kidwaipuri resident exclaimed.
Another youngster, Kriti, who lives in Patel Nagar, is preparing delicious meals during the lockdown. She said, “I developed my culinary skills and learnt continental, South Indian and Italian styles of cooking.”