Music associates with the brain in ways no medicine or therapy can.
From my standpoint, I’d rather listen to my favourite song on repeat than sit with a group of people to have a conversation; especially when I’m done and worn out.
I mean tell me how “Tere bina chaand ka sona khota re” would fail to put a smile on your face even if you’re feeling low about a billion other things. Don’t answer that, it’s a rhetorical question. The whole point being, the early 2000’s Bollywood music resonates with me more than anything else. It takes me back to those peaceful and joyful childhood days wherein I would be left with my imagination to create fake scenarios and act them out with a chunni and Indian ethnic wear, pretending to be some main lead in a movie.
It sucks when reality hits me hard with the words “stop pretending like the world revolves around you or you are not the beautiful innocent maiden whom every other prince charming is trying to woo”. Well My entire personality is based on this foundation with bricks of typical desi girl values of being rebellious and innocent at the same time.
Initially I was the quiet and introverted type. Never spoke back or made friends with the whole world. Just me and my studies. That’s all that ever existed. This routine was shattered when I entered higher secondary and college. It changed me in a bazillion ways and it changed me for good. I learnt and unlearnt patience, empathy and integrity only to become a version of myself, I didn’t know existed. I was doubtful and scared about everything- I didn’t know whom to trust and most importantly how to trust.
When you set sail one must know where they came from, where they are and where they are headed. Whatever course you set, make waves and leave a mark behind. For me, this mark, this map that helped me navigate was Music. It helped me understand myself as things around me changed. At times, I would need music to understand if what I am doing is really what I want to do. The best part was producing music of my own, through covers or simply dallying around old tunes.
It has always been music. A therapist or psychologist can just check my spotify trail and make out the emotional roller coaster I’ve been on. And though I don’t give away much, if you’ve found my music playlist, you’ve just found my trunk of said unsaid words.
I hope music saves the world as much as it saves me and manh am I glad that it doesn’t have a heavy price tag. My closest and dearest friends are gems of music and keep me sane with their awesome recommendations that I deeply adore. Super grateful, you guys are the “surr” to my “geet”.
Cheers!!
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