some day..!

Its that time of year again when street shops,malls,departmental stores are all inundated with flowers of diverse kinds.Red,yellow,white,pink...flowers of all possible hues are abundant everywhere.Suddenly people develop an intrinsic affinity to romance,which strangely,must needs be accompanied by the seed bearing part of the plant....Im talking of course,of the build-up to Valentines Day,14th February.The change in societal atmosphere is blatantly perceptible to such a degree that,should you not sense it,then two conclusions must be drawn.Either you are blind or a puritan bordering on the extreme,refusing to acknowledge such an event at all!! Just a cursory glimpse across the street should be enough evidence for my claims.



And in a progressive world as the one we inhabit,shows of love are not confined to the modest rose or the perfumed greeting card.Trying to find the essence of romance by extending the realms of transience is what unemployed persons would do on a winter evening!There is no room for ephemerality today,when people can freeze their love(hmm) on digi-cams with 7 or 10 megapixel cameras,which by the way has auto-focus...Sooooooo.........



"Rush to your nearest mall and grab hold of the best digi-cam available! After all,your partner is worth it!! whats more we give you a discount of 50% for every purchase worth 7000 rupees! RUN NOW!!!!.....CONDITIONS APPLY MORON."



This is what V-day stands for in the context of recent times.Glorification of material aspects which are not even remotely associated with love.I cannot figure out why one needs to express "love" in terms of the number of carats which a gold ring is made of.Why should we equate love with tokens of superficiality?


Again,is there a need at all to observe such a day? Many say that V-day is when we "celebrate love"....on a grand scale,albeit!! I feel it has now become more of a statement to say "we are celebrating togetheress"....it is the proclamation of love,the statement itself which matters more than the intent.We keep forgetting that love can be found in the little things that we do for each other...

So instead of taking a day off on V-day to be with your partner for lunch;surpising her with an unexpected visit might be a less mushy and yet far more meaningful gesture...instead of meeting your friends at parties,dropping by when they're cleaning the garage might be a less glitzy but more constructive and thoughtful approach!!! Instead of buying your mother a saree,taking a french-leave to spend a day with her would perhaps be more emotionally satisfying.....



Lets indulge in love...not celebrate it.




P.S: this post was supposed to be published before 14th but obviously my server had designs of its own...i guess it was busy "serving" others on V-day!