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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Feb 13: Bajrang Dal has announced that it will oppose activities connected with Valentine’s Day, which has been dedicated to lovers. Valentine’s Day is annually held on February 14.
In a statement, Bajrang Dal said that in the name of Valentine’s Day and love, obscene and immoral activities are undertaken. These in turn, are playing havoc with the cultural values cherished by the country since times immemorial, it said.
The organization has urged the district administration not to permit holding of DJ, pubs, or dances connected with Valentine’s Day. It also has urged the administration to initiate action against people who are found to be behaving indecently in public places including parks.
It also said that the district administration will be solely responsible for unsavoury incidents if any, which may occur on account of the administration’s failure to initiate action on the above lines.
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You live in the 21st century..
For a special occasion you do have a b'day so does more or less all people u know i suppose..Do u not wish them ..The onset of the internet has changed the traditional ways of greeting one another .. would your dad who is 70 years old( hypothetically) like a hug and a small token of appreciation(be it a card,a razor,a shawl etc) or just empty words and an electronic card he cant even get to see..
Tradition has its own charm,each generation and modicum of communication will change what we do today.what the internet,SMS , internet calling,GSM is today in all probability wont be the same in just 20 years from now .
Its best that we all learn to adapt and change with time.I will give you three examples of change in society that is evident and if we do some sincere introspection within ourselves we will agree.
1)Ours was a nation just 60 years ago that practiced child marriage and SATI, to the REVOLT we saw by all in the Delhi rape case .. have we not progressed?
2)About 23 years ago India saw its first flavour of consumerism in a retail fast food brand called "MAGGI- two minute noodels " to KFC ,Dominoes,Smart phones, Mixers, grinders,tava machines,instant coffee makers,washing machines, vaccum cleaners, ABS in cars, onset of sanitary privileges for both men and women,IMFL,gearless mopeds, women driving(unlike Saudi Arabia), an equal education ratio for both men and women since the last census .. compared to 38% for women two decades ago..Thats progress not to mention MRI's CT scans,and other medical related improvements.
3) Marriages where based on social standings and societal positioning ,caste,creed and religon.
The youngsters of today have a choice of ing their life partners(agreed by trial and error )but they still have the magic word "CHOICE"