I Hate Valentines Day!

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

Apart from rank commercial exploitation on this occasion, I have no problem!! India is known to be a culturally pluralistic society. We have accepted,adopted and assimilated some of the best the world offered and has to offer. So I am not allergic to anything 'foreign'!!

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

Apart from rank commercial exploitation on this occasion, I have no problem!! India is known to be a culturally pluralistic society. We have accepted,adopted and assimilated some of the best the world offered and has to offer. So I am not allergic to anything 'foreign'!!

Yes there is nothing wrong with accepting a foreign tradition. But why follow something that is just a waste of your time and money.

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

Apart from rank commercial exploitation on this occasion, I have no problem!! India is known to be a culturally pluralistic society. We have accepted,adopted and assimilated some of the best the world offered and has to offer. So I am not allergic to anything 'foreign'!!

Yes there is nothing wrong with accepting a foreign tradition. But why follow something that is just a waste of your time and money.

I am purely talking about it at the conceptual level. If I remember my love today inspired by St Valentine without being effusive or making a show of it - even in silence- what is the harm?

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

Apart from rank commercial exploitation on this occasion, I have no problem!! India is known to be a culturally pluralistic society. We have accepted,adopted and assimilated some of the best the world offered and has to offer. So I am not allergic to anything 'foreign'!!

Yes there is nothing wrong with accepting a foreign tradition. But why follow something that is just a waste of your time and money.

I am purely talking about it at the conceptual level. If I remember my love today inspired by St Valentine without being effusive or making a show of it - even in silence- what is the harm?

Yes valentines day is celebrated in the memory of St. Valentine. But today valentines day is just a mockery. To St Valentine, love was a deeply spiritual experience that helped him behold the glory of the almighty. Today's love is all bout lust. It's totally superfluous.

What's this Valentine Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

Valentines day is an imported infectious disease, around which crazy brats revolve.
Why do you need a separate day for love ? Lovers need not love in the remaining period of the year?

Even 12th and 13th is Hug day and Kiss day respectively. I wonder why these things exist. I will never ever visit any Indian park with my family particularly on 12th, 13th and 14th FEB. Sorry if I am sounding rude, but this is my personal experience; I didn't like what I saw today!

Of course you don't want your children to see such things. Valentines day is hugely promoted in media especially the entertainment media. These things are promoted because it ensures a lot of sales of gifts and greeting cards. And any thing that generates revenue is promoted in television by corporate companies. It's not a day for lovers. It's a day to buy gifts and greeting cards.

Apart from rank commercial exploitation on this occasion, I have no problem!! India is known to be a culturally pluralistic society. We have accepted,adopted and assimilated some of the best the world offered and has to offer. So I am not allergic to anything 'foreign'!!

Yes there is nothing wrong with accepting a foreign tradition. But why follow something that is just a waste of your time and money.

I am purely talking about it at the conceptual level. If I remember my love today inspired by St Valentine without being effusive or making a show of it - even in silence- what is the harm?

Yes valentines day is celebrated in the memory of St. Valentine. But today valentines day is just a mockery. To St Valentine, love was a deeply spiritual experience that helped him behold the glory of the almighty. Today's love is all bout lust. It's totally superfluous.

I have already commented on the superfluous part of it by dubbing it as rank commercial exploitation !!! There is nothing wrong in being true to love on any day of the year!!

What's this Valentines Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

There is nothing wrong with Valentine's Day, but the only problem is we Indians overdo everything. You can see Holi, the most wonderful of celebrations in Indian culture has been brought to literally mud-slinging standard. We are playing in the hands of multinationals in the name of Valentine's and giving chance to rowdies in the name of love. We have Basant, the day of love but no one knows it because there is no multinationals to promote it.

What's this Valentines Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

There is nothing wrong with Valentine's Day, but the only problem is we Indians overdo everything. You can see Holi, the most wonderful of celebrations in Indian culture has been brought to literally mud-slinging standard. We are playing in the hands of multinationals in the name of Valentine's and giving chance to rowdies in the name of love. We have Basant, the day of love but no one knows it because there is no multinationals to promote it.

Exactly. We accept and blindly follow everything and anything that's not our own. We don't have any regard or respect towards our own culture and aping is the only thing we know. Can you show an incident of Basant being followed in Germany or Italy? No . They have respect for their own culture. Hypocrisy and the inborn culture to please others is the cause for this evil. Why there should be a Father's day and Teachers day when we have 'Acharya Devo Bhava and Matru devo bhava and Pitru devo bhava ?

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

Love is everywhere in everything. Allocation of a particular day or particular occasion is something unpalatable to me.

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

Yes, commercialization in the form of Greeting card business involving crores and crores are one of the reasons for promoting these festivals.

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

Exactly...so are we complaining about holi celebrations or about diwali??? No! So why keep cribbing about Valentines Day only! The incident that Rakhi mentioned in her first post is something that people frequently see happening freely on Holi and during Navratri and New Year celebrations too! So why single out one specific day? Celebrating New Year is also adopted from the very same western culture after all!

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

Exactly...so are we complaining about holi celebrations or about diwali??? No! So why keep cribbing about Valentines Day only! The incident that Rakhi mentioned in her first post is something that people frequently see happening freely on Holi and during Navratri and New Year celebrations too! So why single out one specific day? Celebrating New Year is also adopted from the very same western culture after all!

Every festival is commercialized today by big corporates. We have forgotten the true meaning of these festivals. Everything is just for show.

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

Exactly...so are we complaining about holi celebrations or about diwali??? No! So why keep cribbing about Valentines Day only! The incident that Rakhi mentioned in her first post is something that people frequently see happening freely on Holi and during Navratri and New Year celebrations too! So why single out one specific day? Celebrating New Year is also adopted from the very same western culture after all!

@Kalyani

You are bang on! What is very relevant and important here is to understand is what is chaff and what is grain!! Our cultural plurality which I have already spoken about has not been appreciated at all by some members. India is a living experiment of pluralism. I am cutting myself short by just saying that what are we so alarmed about with apoplectic rage? Is it about the message of St Valentine or the hoopla that we are witness to which hardly receives any sanction from the Saint!!! In my state Durga Pooja is similarly commercialized but none has a word about it!!

What's this Valentines Day? Can we constrain LOVE in any particular day??? I don't think so! Okay if 14th Feb is known as a day for Lovers, then what about other days of the years, are they for HATERS??


Anyway I don't have any problem with Valentine Day, but I really hate it because you can't really step in any park or any place where you can visit for recreation with your family. Reason being, you will find couples doing absurd things in public. I went to a park near to my house with my small kid today, but saw a couple doing SEX. Is these Indian culture?

That is the bizarre situations in all across parks in major cities and towns, the concept of "How far would want to get closer to someone you love?" cannot have the destination of sex and that too out in the open. Some, Indians tend to modify the real concept and try to design it in their own way.

There may be reasons to dislike Valentine day but the argument why a particular day be selected for love does not cut ice. You have particular day for other things also- Karwachauth for husband's life, Deepawali for celebrating money (laxmi), vishwakarma day and May day for labor and so on.

You may go to park the whole year and need just spare one day for lovers. Suppose that the lovers went whole year to park instead of valentine day, what would happen to your plan to go to park with family.

That too is a logical way of looking at things. I am personally not opposed to celebrating St. Valentine's Day but it is the commercialism and misuse of it all that is irksome. But then if people are willing to spend money on buying expensive teddy bears, chocolates , flowers and spend the day for their beloved ones, I see no wrong in it. After all, we speak amply and freely about freedom of expression, so if they want to express their love freely on at least one day of the year, who are we to comment? If we don't like it, let us keep out of their way!

Commercialization and misuse is also relatable to Deepawali, Karwa chauth and other festivals. These days there is hardly anything that is not commercialized.

Exactly...so are we complaining about holi celebrations or about diwali??? No! So why keep cribbing about Valentines Day only! The incident that Rakhi mentioned in her first post is something that people frequently see happening freely on Holi and during Navratri and New Year celebrations too! So why single out one specific day? Celebrating New Year is also adopted from the very same western culture after all!

@Kalyani

You are bang on! What is very relevant and important here is to understand is what is chaff and what is grain!! Our cultural plurality which I have already spoken about has not been appreciated at all by some members. India is a living experiment of pluralism. I am cutting myself short by just saying that what are we so alarmed about with apoplectic rage? Is it about the message of St Valentine or the hoopla that we are witness to which hardly receives any sanction from the Saint!!! In my state Durga Pooja is similarly commercialized but none has a word about it!!

Exactly chinmoy! No one understand these nuances, all they see is the commercial hoopla surrounding it, while at the same time contributing to it knowingly or unknowingly, or base their opinions only on the fact that a certain celebration is not originally Indian etc. etc. Similarly even Ganeshotsav has been reduced to such a commercial show of sorts that is only meant to showcase different political groups in Maharashtra, so as Gokulashtami celebrations or Dahi-Handi as it is called here. Even Durgapooja celebrated here is now far removed from what I really remember from my childhood days. There is actually no sanctity remaining in any of our festivals and truth be faced, Holi celebrations, Navratri festivals are many times more uglier than Valentines Day!