Valentine day police in India patrolling the streets

Valentine day is glorified in the West and elsewhere because it is very profitable for businesses (such as restaurants, cinemas, stores, florists, bakeries and others). The biggest harm is perhaps only to your wallet/purse and stress level if you are in a relationship with these sort of expectations.

I’m not really into things that are very superficial so I’m completely indifferent to the idea of having a day for your loved ones, not saying that only people who are superficial celebrate this day. Everyone may have their own thinking style and motive for whatever it is that they do for themselves. However, one thing we can all perhaps agree on is that if you don’t celebrate or treat Valentine day as something special then why would you care what others are doing on this day?

Blind faith and fanaticism is very dangerous. Religions unfortunately promote both by boxing you inside a belief system that is always against everything else without providing a good explanation and reasoning as to why approach A is better than approach B.

I’m reading this news article about a group of hardcore Hindu fanatics being obsessed about what others are doing of February 14.

Right-wing Hindus in India are offering white roses, free counselling and a chance to get married for couples caught kissing or hugging in public places on Valentine's Day.

Roving three-person teams of volunteers from the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha will fan out across India on Feb. 14, scanning parks and public spaces for couples exhibiting "inappropriate behaviour."

"We'll explain the meaning of love to them," said Chander Prakash Kaushik, the group's president. "We are against any vulgarity, not against love."

"Suhaag raat should be in the bedroom, not on roads," he said, using the Hindi term for the consummation of a marriage.

Wait a second. Isn’t this the country (India) that mass produce and release massive amount of cheesy movies, almost every single one centered or revolves around love and relationship with very silly plots?

Kaushik said the Hindu Mahasabha volunteers would distribute white roses to signify they come in peace, and then advise the couples to get married if they are really in love.

This guy doesn’t seem to get it. Love is free buddy, marriage is a very expensive business.

The Hindu Mahasabha, which is not affiliated to the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, is among groups seen as self-appointed moral guardians of younger Indians who increasingly seek the right to choose their own partner, independent of caste and other traditional rules.

Public displays of love and live-in relationships are viewed as a cultural threat in India, where conservative attitudes coexist with high rates of violence against women.

Reference
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/13/india-valentine-idINKBN0LH1QK20150213