Love, Dance, Sing, Namaste

(Don’t forget to turn on the English subtitles if you need English)

From the film “Dil To Pagal Hai” with Shah Rukh Kahn

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Bollywood seduces

whereas Hollywood intrigues

Bollywood love

 a sensual, sensuous suggestion

more suggestive than

most of Hollywood’s crass sexuality

all without so much as a kiss

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Bollywood dance

titillates

captivates

illuminates

a love

but always with morality

sensuality

with a vow

to chastity

and a bow

to the family

(often not obeyed)

and a touch to the feet

of the elders

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Bollywood song

a musical conversation

between a man and a woman

not just lonely lyrics

flung into your ears

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Bollywood love

acknowledges seeing God

in the loved one

God a rare

if ever guest

in Hollywood

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Love, Dance, Sing

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Namaste