The magic of music

By Kanchi Ray

All of us live in different places. We speak different languages. But the one thing that transcends any border or language is music. It is not only a great source of entertainment, but also the most beautiful form of expression.

One may say that we listen to songs in our daily lives. It doesn’t make a big difference. But we all have those special songs that ignite something enigmatic within us. Sometimes it doesn’t even need to be a song. Just a few notes of piano can emotionally move someone more than words ever could.

Music is also the invisible string tying all of us in one single charmed necklace. The most recent example and perhaps the one engraved into our memories forever was when we were all quaking in our boots when Naatu Naatu won the Oscar for best song. Non-Telugu speakers, including westerners, who voted for the song at the Oscars, do not understand the lyrics of the song, but it’s the music that gets in your soul and pushes you to move your feet.

If there’s one form of art that everyone regardless of skill or stature can truly enjoy in their own way, it’s music. When the affluent men of our society were attending operas, our tribes were dancing to the sound of their own rhythm they created using instruments made of bamboo, wood or clay. And both of those are laudable forms of art.

Music composers deserve every bit of praise they get and more for producing music that turns out to be magical. Magic that can cross the widest of seas, melt the firmest of hearts and touch the most disoriented of souls.