DAKSH BHATNAGAR

Music has been around for centuries helping people what they couldn't express by saying. It is also known to change moods, uplift spirits and take them to the girth of the sadness as well. Music is not just for entertainment. It has also been used by artists to convey social messages and talk about the burning issues to stir up the feeling of rebellion in masses. There once was an era when really meaningful songs were being produced and composed which to this day are listened to, enjoyed and reminisced by millions of Indians. Fast forward couple of decades, songs that used to live as long as for a fortnight were being composed and artists who shouldn't be making money off their so called songs were getting the limelight. Yes, I am talking about artists like Taher Shah, Dhinchak Pooja etc. In today's age if you want to get quick limelight, your best bet is becoming a YouTuber and putting out consistently high quality content for public to watch so that your channel...

The date was April 10, 2014 and the time was around 6:30 in the evening. I had just come back home from my college. Seeing my neighbors play Volleyball, I joined them without changing my uniform. Few games later my spectacles got broke. I went to my dad and asked if he could fix the broken arm. He immediately took out the glue from the drawer and asked me to hold the spectacles while he applied the glue on the broken arm. I left them unworn and let the glue do its magic . In the meantime, I changed, relaxed a bit and had some snacks. After some rest, I continued with my exam preparation as they were approaching. Few hours later, I took a look over the wall clock in my room. It showed 8:30 p.m. which meant it was dinner time. I immediately moved to the lobby for the dinner. Like a usual night, my mother was making chappati as I was having my dinner. Once I was done with my dinner, I asked mother ‘Why don’t you have your dinner?’ She replied ‘I’m waiting for your father’ and got busy w...