Music is not just milk and honey, its desideratum!

Life is uncertain!

And what if something happened antithetical to the way you thought it would be happening? And this actually happens often.

Yes! This is life, having consequent crests and troughs.  And thus unfortunately, failures are a part of life. But these are pocket hole-sized reasons that must be stitched and recognised as life-lessons.

Alas! Instead of stitching it, the victim continuously gets more indulged and tangled in it and this results in agonization.

But in daily livelihood, all these awful agonies are just turned into some overused words with overlooked outcomes, like depression or mentally unstable.

Recently, an excruciating incident was witnessed by us, we lost one of our spellbindingly talented Bollywood stars, Sushant Singh Rajput. Keeping the debates regarding his murder aside, it was reported that he committed suicide because of depression.

And what happened next? Every particular question that arose were answered with just a single word ‘depression’. And it marked a full stop to every loudmouth!

His story got exposed because he earned the limelight throughout his life with his talents and struggles. But, these incidents are obviously happening in the society of general public too.  And so, treatments are must.

Though medicinal treatments are there, but sometimes alternatives do exist and here the very effective treatment of music therapy comes into play.

Music therapy can be defined as the marked use of music to address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social sufferings of an individual or a group and to heal them properly. It includes a variety of activities for the working of therapy, like listening to songs, playing instruments, writing lyrics and several others.

Music therapy, in true sense, can touch all aspects of body, brain and behaviour. It can find a path for the mind to concentrate, it can put down the stress-level of the body, and can even alter our mood, which results as an influencer of our behaviour. Trained and certified music therapists are found working in variety of places like healthcare centres and educational spots.

Moreover, music therapy helps to aid several physical discomforts by improving respiration, lowering blood pressure, improved cardiac output, reduced heart rate and relaxed muscle tension. For enhancing the mental health, this is an appropriate form of therapy that can reduce stress to a greater extent and therefore, emotional and behavioural problems can even be dealt.

We believe music has a unique role to play in the development of our personalities and lives. While this is a personal belief, we have encountered many people in the world who share it.  Furthermore, there is an evidence to support it.  There is something about music that broadens, deepens, and enriches our personalities and lives, thereby making it of vital importance to people in all parts of the world regardless of what type of music they prefer. This belief can be traced back to ancient time.

The great Greek philosopher Plato was a strong believer of music and its unique role in one’s life. Let us take an example of our Bollywood superstar, Mr. Sanjay Dutt that how music influenced his life while he was suffering from cancer and to make comeback in his carrier. As in his biography, we had seen that Sunil Dutt, his father taught him to fight with fear taking help of three Ustads. Ustad Sahir Ludhianvi’s song, “Na Moonh Chupa Ke Jiyo, Na Sir Jhuka Ke Jiyo”, is from the movie Humraaz (1967) which gave Sunil Dutt Sahab a lot of courage to fight with his fear when he wanted to marry Nargis Ji. The same song helped Sanjay Dutt to fight with his fear and gather courage to take a stand for himself as he didn’t want to become a part of the underworld. The second song which Sunil Dutt Sahab taught his son was for the work ethics. Ustad Anand Bakshi’s song, “Duniya Mein Rehna Hai To Kaam Kar Pyaare”, from the movie Haathi Mere Saathi (1971) taught Sanjay the importance of work. Sunil Dutt Sahab made Sanju focus on work and therefore, become successful actor.

Coming to the third song, which taught Sanjay Dutt to accept criticism and figure out what is right, had to be figured out by himself as Sunil Dutt, the Mumbai Sheriff passed away. The song was “Kuch Toh Log Kahenge, Logo Ka Kaam Hai Kehna”, penned by Ustad Anand Bakshi and filmed in movie Amar Prem(1972). These three songs are not just important for Sanjay Dutt, but also for every person. We can always look up to these Ustads, who penned such beautiful morals in their songs.

💬A small quotation - "Music is not just milk and honey, its desideratum!!"