Standing in the corridor outside my house, I noticed several things. The faulty flickering light in a distant apartment. An empty stretch of road. A cloudless sky. A bird flying along the road where a car typically would be. A church cross lit up brightly, shining like a beacon of hope.

As I observed all this, I felt a multitude of emotions. Peace in the absence of cacophony. A melancholic ache at the sight of the empty sports stadium. An urge to lie down on the grass and spend the night looking at the sky. A kinship with the solitary person walking on the road, the first one in ten minutes.

This is a time like no other. The world has come to a standstill, beyond anything we could have imagined. While these are hard times in a lot of ways, there are unique things hallmarking this period which we will never get to experience again, atleast in our lifetimes. Let’s allocate some time each day to enjoy, absorb, take it all in. Whichever way we are able to – looking out of a window, watching from the terrace or just sitting with our eyes closed. This is one experience we are not likely to forget.