As a child my mother used to tell me the story of Tansen and that whenever he sang Raga Megh Malhar it brought down the rains and Raga Deepak it lit up lamps with fire!
When ever I would think about this story I would keep a candle next to me and sing aloud hoping for it to light up but it never did.
This lovely story came back to me this morning while I was driving to work. Radio is my constant companion on the road and as I set out, I tuned on to 102.4 FM AIR FM and my spirits were uplifted when I heard Doris Day singing ‘Que Sara Sara’, and as I sang aloud with beloved Doris I started easing out, the heat didn’t feel that harsh anymore, the slow traffic didn’t bother me at all and the noise outside suddenly didn’t exist anymore! I sang aloud, smiled to myself and remembered school days when our music teacher Miss Sushila would play the guitar and we’d sing this wonderful track with her.
After the song got over, I continued humming it for quite sometime and then thought about the power of music – it definitely didn’t light up candles for me but it did de-stress me, eased the tension I go through everyday on my way to work and got me a few weird looks from people in other cars!
As a child I thought Tansen must have been a magician as I grew up I dismissed this argument totally and called this story a piece of fiction but today I realized how true the story was, Tansen indeed was a magician and music indeed has the power to light up low spirits...
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