http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Wed, 24 May 2006 04:10:09 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2006/05/18/143846.php#comment-11905 Art is great when it has no connection with reality, when it yearns for larger than life 'targets'. Men don't hold their wives hands in front of his family since from childhood, 'touching' the opposite sex(even his own mom- after some specified limits!) is not approved- isn't that(conditioning) a simple fact of life in India?. Isn't the Indian greeting of the 'folded hands' symbolic of India Non-Touching ideals!. Do you think lyrics which portray real life with details of dish-washing and snarling traffic evoke feelings of great relaxation and appreciation?. Art is what you can;t have in real life, its escape from reality, its expression of pent up emotions, its the strength which you never had balls to discover, its that girl which you never found, its the boy who never was. 11905@desicritics.org Wed, 24 May 2006 04:10:09 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/05/18/143846.php#comment-11461 Classic paradox. If a man gets romantic, a woman would feel elated to show 'nakhraa' as if it will prolong something (I can't use that word here). And when men are busy with their own work following the die-hard tradition that only applies to men to protect and provide for women, these same women would whine saying, "Why does all men change after marriage?" Thats because unlike womens, man's responsibilities increases manifold after marriage. And well, to admit that a woman can't understand a man is pretty much like drinking the 'neem' soup or a 'Kaarela' soup. P.S: I read your postscript after I wrote this comment. 11461@desicritics.org Fri, 19 May 2006 03:56:01 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/05/18/143846.php#comment-11413 Hm. Better start working those rhymes. Bollywood is one vast escapist paradise. That answer the question? 11413@desicritics.org Thu, 18 May 2006 14:56:51 EDT