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The Chemistry Of Love
Romance is amongst the most beautiful of sweetness of nothing except togetherness. The
human emotions. It is sensual, it is exciting and fragrance of roses in your soul, the first date, the
makes you feel good. It’s about getting close. first kiss, the first time and the first heartbreak
The big difference between sex and romance is were all memories that one could never forget.
– if you want the former to be great you have to I wonder if this generation will ever find love;
fully engage in the latter. Romance is like a heady maybe it’s too harsh a statement. But with so
perfume… it captivates us when we are young, it much of sex available on Tinder, Grindr… lust
intoxicates us and convinces us that what we are takes over and love gets relegated to a corner.
experiencing is the only thing that matters. ~ ~
We have a list of 20 of the most romantic Perhaps I got a shade carried away by “Yeh
Bollywood songs from 1950 to the early 1980s. kahaan aa gaye hum”. Well, great Hindi film
While these are the writer’s choice, I am sure music does it to you, doesn’t it? This issue of
there were a few that we could have included but Seniors Today of today has a specially curated set
constraints of space restricted the list to just these of articles around love. A few other listicles – on
many. My favourite is the Amitabh Bachchan- Bollywood films, classic love stories, ads, dating
Rekha “Yeh kahaan aa gaye hum” from Silsila. in the ol’ days and a first-person piece on the need
Hindi movies sell a dream to the audience. A for companionship, the ‘P’ word… you need to go
dream of happiness, righteousness, triumph of through the contents yourself. Hope you enjoy
good over evil and, amongst other things, finding reading Manoj Maheshwari’s ‘conversation’ with
love. Khalil Gibran…
The Silsila song, probably the epitome of the on- ~~
screen chemistry between Amitabh and Rekha, Every time I meet Lalitha Lajmi, I am transported
opens your soul, tasting, feeling and seeing every to another world. Do read Lalitha Lajmi talking
colour of the rainbow in the most sensual way. about her daughter and acclaimed film-maker,
Catching a whiff of perfume in a bottle. Rekha’s the late Kalpana Lajmi. And then there’s Anil
softness, sweetness and sensuality is oxygen to Harish, the well-known lawyer and expert on
warm the soul. As if nothing existed in the world taxation, writing for us on the Budget.
except the two of them. They are levitating,
floating in the air – and a romance that cannot be All in all, a power-packed issue. Brought to you
put into words. I am sure language experts could with love.
find a figure of speech that could describe their
romance. To me, it’s an aphrodisiac mixed with
the perfume of anticipated sex. The entire song
is only about Rekha and Amitabh just lends his
voice to the dream. Best wishes,
Romance now and Romance then were very Vickram Sethi
different. There was a lot of courting, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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