Moonlit Sunshine

There have been times when life has been harsh on me, when I have felt an emptiness, which is probably inexplicable. Such moments turn out to be the most appropriate moments for me to actually thank the Almighty for giving me something, that is almost like a ready-made staircase, all the way to heaven (and back, of course). I have a voice, which makes sense when I sing. This is the “something”, which makes me glide through those harsh times and the emptiness, without much effort.


Singing was a pastime till I realized how blissful an experience it is. Carnatic music, especially, creates an aura, that everyone craves for. From the time I have started to sing, there is this particular category of listeners among all those who I have come across, who enter into a trance, momentarily. They aren’t crazy of course. It’s just that music affects them from within. It may seem bizarre. It’s true, nonetheless.


Music is an entity in itself. It is a pretty sophisticated form of art, which perhaps does not get the acknowledgement it deserves. When I sing, I can feel the evilness being virtually chased out of me. Issues which affect me emotionally, a few minutes ago, seem to be thrashed out, in a matter of seconds, by something, which I cannot define. That is the kind of power that music is endowed with.


There is something I experience very often, which reiterates the fact that music has not managed to have much of an impact on the entire society as a whole. The moment I am asked to sing in a crowd, I hear people asking me to sing the filthiest of songs from Bollywood movies. Not that I expect people to listen to more of the music I listen to or sing, perhaps. In fact, I listen to a lot of such songs myself. They are really good stress-busters. The kind of music I am talking about , is something that manages to make you wake up to a new world, which you never want to leave.


It is hard to comprehend, for many, as to how magical music can get. It’s like vacuum. It is something, which exists, but is virtually nothing. In fact, Music therapy, which is a kind of treatment for the mentally challenged, has benefited many around the globe. It has become a part of my life and it should necessarily become a part of all of our lives, for the kind of positivity it adds to life.


Singing and listening to music is my passion, evidently. I would never regret resorting to music, an art, so pure and so magical. It is, in fact, a stairway to heaven, the only stairway I am never tired to climb..