Valentines day- A day of love or A political tool

A day to celebrate love—that’s what valentine’s day is called… Many people are against celebrating one day as a day of love and many others protested it to be a day hurting Indian/Maharashtrian sentiments! Many complained about this day being used as an excuse for PDA (Public display of affection).But all in all while the people were protesting, the public in love decided to celebrate this day in hiding.

I agree with the fact that it is being given undue importance and the day is a ‘celebration day’ for businesses more than for public considering that the cash registers continued to ring all through the day and way into the night….while people displayed their affection in many ways possible!

What I don’t agree is the fact that somebody is trying to dictate their terms on us -saying that what you are doing is against Indian culture! Who gave them the authority to dictate Indian culture or even propagate it. You can request people to join your crusade but cant go on a rampage destroying public property and hurting people who don’t follow your dictum.

Is displaying your affection hurting the Indian Culture, or is it being hurt by images showcasing people destroying public property and blackening faces of innocents? People who want to, will continue celebrating this day in hiding or at places other than public areas or better still will just celebrate in on some other day…

It is high time Indian politics grew out of such gimmicks. We are talking about globalization and living in an information overload age, things/information that are not of priority will just go down the ranks and be lost, so why create a ruckus when nobody is interested in listening?

If major issues that are still hounding India like illiteracy, population explosion, inequality, gender differentiation were taken up so seriously and fought against with equal vengeance we would have made remarkable progress as a nation…