The Sound Of Silence

Does silence speak? I think it does. When you actually listen to it, you hear all that you don’t when you’re mired in sound.

I live in Delhi…..a bustling city which is never silent apart from those few hours at night. And living amidst all this chaos, I don’t think about the sound of silence. My mind is so tuned to the mayhem around me that I completely shut it out.

That’s one reason why I love going to Jaipur. There I am totally cut off from the daily sounds of my life (including my phone which is on silent the whole time) and I listen…..in peace.....to all that it has to say.

Birds chirping from morning till evening and even at night, the ripple in the water, the leaves moving gently in the breeze……..the sound of silence.