music: Music on earphones – The Economic Times

In our hyperconnected world, finding solace from incessant noise has become a precious commodity. One of the most wonderful – and effective – escapes is donning a pair of earphones and shielding oneself in music. In other words, cutting oneself off temporarily from the world outside.

Music has the power to surge a sound packed with emotions, thoughts and imagination into yourself and, thereby, create a wide moat between you and the world without. When we put on earphones, we take charge of our narrative, untrammelled by social interference. It is a retreat where we can disconnect from notifications we otherwise cannot turn off.

Music on tap straight into our ears also provides a soundtrack to our everyday lives, the increments that make our life. You are the protagonist of your own movie with the plugs on.

Whether it’s the right amount of aggression in ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ that you need to face the day – that no amount of caffeine can provide – or a blast of tranquillity from ‘Chhu kar mere manko’ that you need to quiet your beating heart, earphoned music is your kavach and kundal that provides blissful empowerment.