If spring is in the air can love be far behind? Youngsters are sure Cupid will strike as they march forth on the ‘road of romance’.
”I would definitely go for a tattoo to impress my sweetheart this Valentine. I hope she loves it,” said Avishek, a college-goer.
According to a survey conducted in 13 countries by AXE, global leader in men’s grooming, 69.1 per cent of the over 3,500 women respondents said they found chocolate irresistible when compared with options of flowers, shopping, wine and sex.
Chocolate might be one of the coveted gifts to impress lady love, but according to survey reports of the World Gold Council 2008, the yellow metal has emerged as the most appropriate and desirable bestowal for the Day because of its everlasting quality.
Transcending the borders of romantic love, for some V-day has assumed greater significance.
”I feel in this world ripped apart by terror, we need to remember friends all the more and shower them with gifts and other tokens,” said Disari Roy, an advertising professional in the city.
”I am really averse to the notion of celebrating Valentines’ Day.
Its only a blatant show of love in this growing age of commercialisation,” averred Sorosi Chakroborti, a linguist.
”With romance in the air, all we need is to pamper ourselves and feel good on this day,” asserted Sweta, an upcoming fashion designer who, despite her solitary status, enjoys the day as much.
”I love to be on my own this day. I plan to watch a lovely movie and indulge in some romanticism. I really do think that even singles have equal right to celebrate V-day,” she added.
With moral policing spreading its tentacles in many parts of the country, love birds might have to evade many a frowning eyebrows to celebrate the much-hyped day.
”I detest this concept of moral policing. We really have the unique knack of creating an issue out of non-issues. Its high time to overcome prejudices and live and let others live with dignity and respect,” opined teacher Dipti Sarkar.
”With real issues swept under the carpet and pushed into oblivion, we need not concentrate on finding out who hugged whom,” she quipped.
”We will not be frightened away from going to pubs due to threats from self-proclaimed moral police,” screamed a message from Indians across the globe as part of their ”Pub Bharo” campaign on social networking site ‘Facebook’.
The story of Jim and Della sacrificing their prized possessions in expressing their self-effacing love for each other may be too good to be true! But, as young hearts make a unique effort to profess their love in thousand different ways, the fundamental question is do we really need a special day to remember our loved ones and be a victim of growing consumerism?