10-year-old expresses feelings through paintings

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 9

For 10-year-old Lakshit Jindal of Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Nagar, the best way to find some respite from boredom during the lockdown is to express his feeling through paintings.

Having taken coaching to sharpen his skills in drawing and painting at home for the past six years, he is already good at handling water paints. Though this coaching class is taking place since the lockdown, the Class VI student of Cambridge Co-ed International School has made three paintings on his own, which are related to the impact of coronavirus.

Among three paintings, his favourite is the one in which humans are caged and birds and animals are moving freely in the open. He has even written, “Men are caged and birds are free. Nature is great and we should agree,” to express his idea that originated from the recent videos of leopards and antelope roaming in cities.

His second painting is on the use of sanitisers and importance of masks. The son of Jalandhar-based lawyer Manu Jindal, Lakshit said he had been doing several other things to keep himself busy. “For two hours a day, I remain occupied with my online school classes. On Thursday, it was my fourth day of attending an online grooming session for kids by Art of Living. Besides, I have also been taking online tutorials in English grammar,” he added.

His father said, “Since Lakshit is our only child and he has no company at home now, keeping him engrossed in something worthwhile is a big challenge these days. Since his art tutor Ashwini has not been coming these days, his mother ensures that he continues to engage in his hobby.”

On being asked how he is utilising his time, Manu said, “I have been studying the law of other countries such as Canada and the UK. It has been helping me widen horizon on how other countries are dealing with similar crime incidents. Since my wife Meeta Jindal is running an immigration and visa consultancy service, the knowledge about foreign law can help us in our future prospects.”

‘Men are caged and birds are free’

Among three paintings that Lakshit Jindal has drawn on his own, on Covid, his favourite is the one in which humans are caged and birds and animals are moving freely in the open. He has even written: “Men are caged and birds are free. Nature is great and we should agree,” to express his idea that originated from recent videos of leopards and antelope roaming in cities. His second painting is on the use of sanitisers and the importance of face masks.

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