Sir — Valentine’s Day is here and everyone is busy thinking about what to buy for their loved ones. Though the festival commemorates the martyrdom of a Christian saint called St Valentine, it has very little religious significance today. In present times, this day has assumed a secular and global flavour and is celebrated by people of all ages and races. People, therefore, exchange Valentine’s Day greetings with their parents, teachers, siblings, friends, sweethearts or anyone very special or close to them.
I always wonder: Is this the only day we can show affection for the people we loveIJ Do we have to be in the mood to love our loved onesIJ Or celebrating this day is to just follow the trend because nearly every other couple in the world keeps celebrating itIJ
What I mean is: Everyone runs around on this occasion frothing, proclaiming their love and pledging their eternal allegiance to their loved ones; if someone truly cared about you, shouldn’t the feelings be made known to each other more oftenIJ It’s certainly not necessary to present each other with a heart shaped cardboard box filled with chocolates or a bouquet of flowers that cost extraordinarily expensive at that time of the year. Sometimes I think that this is surpassingly done to cover all wrongs and faults in the relationship, leaving the giver free from all the sins he/she had committed within the past year.