The Beautiful South - Song For Whoever

I Forgot Your Name! अहं तव नाम विस्मृतवान्     ahaM tava nAma vismRtavAn 





Studies have shown that we humans actually do not really forget anything.

Everything we come across in life is stored as memory in the brain.


For example certain smells can remind of of freshly baked bread we used to have in our childhood.

Even when we are at home and we remember even our way if the lights are off cos the body has the memory of our daily activity.


For those of us who drove a manual car(stick shift) and then one fine day we decide to drive an automatic car..our leg would still be sort of "looking" for a clutch even though its absent in an automatic car.


Also in case of amputation of a limb eg amputation of a leg, the patient would still feel the presence of his limb and also feel pain in a non existent limb for a while.


This is called Phantom limb and this happens becos the brain still "remembers" the neuronal pathways of the limb.



Therefore we do not really forget, when we say we forgot its because of a data retrieval issue and not because the data storage files were deleted.


We are actually more efficient than a computer.


Anyway enjoy this lovely song about a guy who forgets the name of the girl he loves and singing out in different names.