India's Dancing Craze || Acharya Prashant

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00:00In Indian movies, for example, you have the hero and the lady.

00:03They are dancing and they are at the focus of the camera.

00:06And behind them, there are 50 other unfortunate pairs.

00:10Nobody is even looking at them, but they are present.

00:12Because that's how our society is.

00:13And that's why it looks beautiful.

00:15Here everything is a group thing.

00:16Because you are supposed to follow, everybody is supposed to follow rules.

00:19And when everybody is shown as following rules, that aggregation may look like a dance.

00:23Our definitions of beauty and greatness are all egoistic.

00:28Something is beautiful if it corresponds with our likes and with our taste.

00:33Then we call it beautiful.

00:34Whereas the real definition of beauty is that which silences you.

00:39That which does not leave you even in a position to utter a wow.