Valentine's Day Part 2: Saffron Brigade's Anti Valentine's Day Agenda and Our Response

The forces that oppose the cultural changes are a reality of all times, in case of physics they are clubbed under the concept of “inertia”. Whenever a change occurs there are and will be forces that strive for “status quo” as every change is uncomfortable (though the degree of discomfort differs). Most of the times these change resisting forces are comprised of those elements that either have a idealistic but distorted notion of Culture or have to loose immensely in the changed scheme of things.

They oppose this change are mainly dogmatic and narrow in their approach and believe that their version of Indian culture is the correct one and should be followed by all. They think that they had understood the Indian culture perfectly and all those that are not subscribing to their view are ignorant children and thus have to be socialized with a strong hand. They are not only undemocratic but also sadistic as they consider corporal punishment as being better than healthy discussion. When they are not beating up un-Indian couples, they can be found beating up their own children.

Their success depends on the resistance offered by the normal ordinary people. Therefore, they should be opposed not because they are wrong but because they consider themselves above the law and regulations. Here we have to be perfectly clear that no amount of healthy debate will change their world view as they understand only punishment. State has to take a tougher stand against them and has to have a “Zero-tolerance Policy”. The government has to understand that the Valentine’s Day is no more merely a day rather in case of culturally diverse nation like India; it has become a symbol of self expression and civil rights. In contemporary India it has become a symbol of freedom like the tricolor hoisting in the days of national independence movement. In both the cases the argument is “whether one should be dictated what one can do or can not do by the forces that do not have the popular mandate?”.

So let’s make it a matter of right rather than merely a day of Love and with this our responsibility increases many fold as then we have to ensure that this celebration of ours should not hurt any one’s sentiments and feelings. That means that “public display of affection” (PDA) such as hugging, kissing and fondling at public places should be avoided at any costs not because the “Saffron Brigade” had told us so but because that kind of behavior hurts sentiments of the older generation and this India and its public places are theirs also as much they are ours. Apart from that this kind of behavior will give those opposing forces an excuse to carry out their dubious politically motivated plans as PDA is considered as non-Indian by many of Indians and in that they are correct up to a level.
After all we want to spread love and not hatred. Any above all “My Freedom stops where other’s Freedom starts”

Love Live Democracy

Long Live Civil Rights.

Long Live Love

So, Long Live Valentine’s Day.