India, June 21 -- From soulful classics to today's stirring voices, music speaks when silence holds what words cannot express, says SAKSHI PRIYA

There are days when we speak. And then there are days when a song speaks for us. Have you ever sat in the back of a moving car, looking out of the window while an old tune plays and suddenly, you're not in the car anymore? You're in a memory, a feeling, a moment you thought you had forgotten. That's what music does. It doesn't knock. It just enters quietly and sits beside your heart.

Music has always held the uncanny ability to stay behind even after it leaves the room. In that way, it is like perfume, clinging to people, places and moments long after the notes have vanished. Today is World Mus...