Question

‘Music is the medicine of the mind’. Narrate an experience that leads to the above conclusion. Write it in your own words, in your notebook.

Answer 1

‘Music is the medicine of the mind.’

I was appearing for my class IX final examinations last year when this incident occurred. A few months earlier, we had moved to Thane, and I had to commute by train to and from my school. My final exams were scheduled at 7 a.m, I took the usual 6:12 train from Thane, and just as the train left the station, it stopped abruptly. Ten minutes later, everybody in the train compartment started panicking. I calculated that if the train did not start in another five minutes, I would be late for my exam. That’s when I decided to listen to the light sitar music that my mother had downloaded on my phone. My mind slowly began to calm down, and though I arrived at the exam hall a good 15 minutes late, I did well and completed my paper, all because the music helped me relax before the examination. Music is indeed a medicine for the mind.