Finally
Valentine’s Day, 2014 has arrived, a much revered day for the couples in love.
Equally enthusiastic will be the hordes of morale police who remind me to our
days in Hostel at Engineering College when almost all the discussions with
friends somehow got deviated towards the girls. Hours of precious time were
spent on discussing various juicy subjects of little value. Then all of a
sudden, we find one of our regular members starts skipping the adda on account
of his new found status of being “engaged” leaving us, the singles, high and
dry. Out of sheer envy, we started discussing on foolishness on the part of our
friend to be engaged with such a girl who would totally ruin him. This followed
by our honest attempts to save our
friend from the likely spoil.
While the
puritans scoff, perhaps, more than any other festivals, Indians should
celebrate V-day in the true spirit. Though, the divorce rate in Indian society is
still far less than the western compatriot, yet love remains far cry amongst
many Indian couples. They simply carry on the relationship for years and in
most cases, it is the lady who suffers the most. So increasing divorce rate in
India to me is not a mere concern but also reflection of women empowerment and
a maturing society. Once they are away from the probing gaze of wives and
society, Indian males are equally flirty with piercing eyes.
If you love
someone, there’s no harm on expressing that by holding someone’s hand as long as you maintain decency. Those soft murmuring and loving touch of the loved one can do
wonders to life. If someone wants to re-ignite the long dormant passion and
love in this Valentine’s Day, why the morale police should worry much!
And still if you
can’t re-ignite, go for a mutually agreed separation, start afresh and go out in search of
love. We all live only one single life.
In the Evening
Garage Meeting
I got a call
from Naba Da, my neighbor at about 8:00 pm last night. He proposed for a standing meeting
in the open space in front of our garages to review the preparedness of V-day
celebration. Many important decisions of our locality are finalized at this spot
like the venue and menu of the next party, script of the Durga Puja drama etc.etc.
Someone cracked
a hilarious real life incident on V-day.
One Engineering
trainee was undergoing her vocational training in the Refinery. A smart and
convent educated girl, she was a little bit more attentive to one particular
young and dashing Engineer who happened to be her mentor. We are not sure
whether he too enjoyed such special attention.
Those days,
V-day celebration was not so common like today. One day, the girl asked her
mentor to break the ice – “What do you do in Valentine’s Day ?”
Till then, the
young Engineer didn’t hear about St. Valentine. He thought it to be some new
Holiday’s declared and so replied
“ Oh.. Valentine’s Day…We..We go home.”
While his
friends preserved this statement for posterity, the girl could realize the
futility in pinning her future with the young engineer.
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