Music : Sleep-Inductance OR Sleep-Impedance

Its 2.30 am in the night and I am not feeling sleepy yet. But what is the reason behind this??

A very bad day at office due to the (un)usual goof-ups because of sheer carelessness (which I am notoriously famous for!!) leading to a string of bashing from my manager. NO. None of this happened today.

The no:of hours a guy smitten by the proverbial "love bug" will sleep is as much as the no:of people in Burundi who own a Swiss Bank account and a dacha next to Putin's. Though the arthropod did bite me, today's reason is not this. NO again. I am not talking to her right now. She must be snoring her way to glory, unmindful of the sleepless nights that all the people in her aparment spend. (You all know I was exaggerating!! Actually, she sleeps like a baby!!)

One more reason why I might not have slept is if Australia had lost any of their World Cup matches. But it dint happen. NO. Going by their current form, I would be getting good, contented sleep well after they lift this World Cup. It wouldn't be too surprising if they romp their way to winning the title in a lossless streak, as they did in the previous edition in 2003.

And there are countless other reasons, like becoming petrified seeing Adnan Sami inches from my face, being in the night shift at work, being trampled by Larry Johnson on his way to a rushing touchdown, biological problem involving the bowels, making it discharge very often etc etc. But none of this came true (atleast not today).

I had a very normal day at work. The type of day you can easily forget, nothing much to do, but not nothing to do. (Oh!!It gets really confusing!!). On the way home from office by cab, the ubiquitous companion of the cab driver, the FM radio, was playing "Vellai Pookal" from Kannathil Muthamittal, sung by A.R.Rahman. The song starts with a light rhythm from the guitars, Rahman pitches in with his nasal, high-pitched voice and with no ear-drum-shattering beats, the song takes you somewhere around the height of the Empire State and before you know its over, the RJ breaks-in and you come crashing to the ground, regaining some sense. It was one such moment for me today, flying somewhere above. (But i anticipated the end of the song and caught the lift going down, saving myself from crashing down!!!)

I really wonder how music, to put it plainly, vibrations, creates such an impact on the human mind, with the ability to change the mood of the person and control his senses.

"Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica will make you get your ass up and whip the devil's tail!!
A good articulation of "Shubhabanthuvarali" would make you weep out of deep sorrow, while you never knew what made you dolorous!!
"Azhage Sugama" from Parthaley Paravasam by ARR would make any bickering couple to recoup immediately!!
"Take It Easy" by The Eagles lets you take a long ride on a highway, thinking about all the 'hotties' who pleaded to take them with you!!
"Tanha Dil" by Shaan makes you reminisce all the long-lost beautiful things in life!!
"Fanaa" from Aayutha Ezhuthu by ARR makes even the most self-restrained, uncommunicative person to shake a leg and roar along!!

And not only this, music can also take you to sleep, as "Aarariraro" from Ram by Yuvan Shankar Raja did, playing in my iPod. Guess the milkman and newspaper-man will find it odd seeing me awake so early in the morning. Gotta catch some sleep anyway!!
See you in the next post!! Until then hear some good music!!!

P.S: The title is to show the author's proficiency in Electrical Engg. ;-)