Flapping Footsteps

  While in my twenties and even in my early marriage days, I was not prepared for a parenthood and neither was my wife. We wanted to travel places, party hard and have a good time before we get stuck with the monotonous routine. I kept on pushing it ahead and it is not like I hate kids. In fact, I love and adore them, but I just did not feel I was ready to handle it myself. So, when I and my wife decided to have a baby, I was excited for the next chapter of our life. Just like many expecting parents, our talks and thoughts were all focused on the baby and its health. The good music to soothe him/her down, to have good food, to be happy and experience this beautiful phase of life. All the excitement running through our veins with the sonography tests and staying unknown to the gender of the baby made it even more exciting. I always liked it that way. A surprise is always fun so why reveal the gender until the D-day arrives. Talking to the baby and feeling it roll inside the womb w...

What is Music? For some it’s a way to distress themselves, for some it’s an energy booster, for some it’s a way to connect with others, many love the beats that move their body, others get lost in the beautiful words while few even get carried away. If one divulges into history of mankind, Music has been here forever. Whether we dig into some old scriptures, sculptures or paintings, everywhere we find a trace of it. Even the oldest of fossils shows us some or the other evidence of music or a musical instrument to that civilization. And most importantly, Music has surely evolved over centuries and so did the musical instruments. Right from the cave man using claps, slaps or even singing to different tunes; to flutes, drums and harps during the medieval times, we have surely evolved to using synthesizers, electric guitars and even computer programs that create music now a days. It gradually became more complex and so did the musical instruments. Research has shown that music can pos...