I learnt a new word day, Dilettante. The term 'a dilettantish person' could be a pejorative term used against an individual who has no inclination to the sense of appreciation of the finer parts of the arts or one who tries to be arty-fartsy even though he is not trained to do so. On the other hand, it is anybody's right to appreciate arts and its beauty. One does not have to be taught to value this branch of wisdom as represented by the veena wielding Goddess Saraswati. It comes from within, and it makes a person complete. To the simple-minded, this song may sound superfluous, narrating something obvious, something trivial, something unscientific. For example, the first line of this song asks the listener about the movements of objects and the origin of wind. A scientific minded smart alec would sneer about the low and high pressures propagated by the rise of hot air and the need for the wind to fulfil this 'vacuum'. But that is not the point. Only a connoisseur o...
It is all Mimesis