Valentine Day fever

Hmmmm all must be embarrassed an article being published after the valentine’s day .late but latest.Quite surprising right!!!!!
But wanted to share my view about this particular day celebrated in India. A small story why valentine’s day is celebrated which will give a clear picture of this festival

In the city of Rome there once lived an emperor named Claudius. He is known in history as Claudius the Cruel.

Near his palace was a beautiful temple where served the priest Valentine. The Romans loved him dearly and assembled into the temple to hear his words. Before the fire that always burned on the altar they knelt to ask his blessing.

In the Roman empire wars broke out. Claudius summoned the citizens forth to battle and year after year the fighting continued. Many of the Romans were unwilling to go. The married men did not want to leave their families. The younger men did not wish to leave their sweethearts. The emperor was angry when soldiers were too few. He ordered that no marriages should be celebrated and that all engagements must be broken off immediately.

Many a young Roman went off to the wars in sorrow, leaving his love. Many a Roman maiden died of grief as a result of this decree.

Now the good priest Valentine heard of the emperor’s command and was very sad. When a young couple came to the temple, he secretly united them in marriage in front of the sacred altar. Another pair sought his aid and in secret he wedded them. Others came and quietly were married. Valentine was the friend of lovers in every district of Rome.

But, such secrets could not be kept for long. At last word of Valentine’s acts reached the palace and Claudius the Cruel was angry, exceedingly angry. He summoned his soldiers. “Go! Take that priest in the temple! Cast him into a dungeon! No man in Rome, priest or not, shall disobey my commands!”

Valentine was dragged from the temple, dragged away from the altar where a young maiden and a Roman youth stood, ready to wed. Off to prison the soldiers took him.

All of Valentine’s friends as well as their friends, interceded with Claudius in vane. Well was he named Claudius the Cruel. In a dungeon Valentine languished and died. His devoted friends buried him in the church of St. Praxedes. When you go to Rome you can see the very place. It was the year 270, on the fourteenth of February.

Let’s come to the point. In a country like India do we need to celebrate a day called Valentine’s Day?We praise our own land and proud to be an indian.Western culture needs to be admired and not to be adopted .Love can be expressed in anyway to their loved ones need not necessarily be celebrated exclusively called the “Valentine’s day”

Incredible India and united India. India is a soil of largest democracy in the world, with a civilization of more than 5000 years old where one
can see people from all walk of faiths like Hindus, Sikhs, Muslim, Christians, Jain’s and Buddhist living in divinity.India follows tradition and rich in heritage.A small example in India a union of man and woman is called marriage which is deemed essential for virtually everyone in India. For the individual, marriage is the great watershed in life,marking the transition to adulthood.Arranging a marriage is a critical responsibility for parents and other relatives of both bride and groom. Marriage alliances entail some redistribution of wealth as well as building and restructuring social realignments, and, of course, result in the biological reproduction of families. Such a valuable concept in life cannot be expressed in a day called Valentine’s day because western culture do not accept this or adopt this kind of culture in their country

Now days the new generation are very crazy of celebrating this day with pop and show and i feel we are loosing our culture by adopting the same .Expressed my views .Please right your comments on this.

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