Redefining cheesy – desi ishtyle
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Brokeback Sena
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It’s that time of the year again. It becomes seemingly impossible to turn your head around without getting bombarded by a sea of red and pink. It’s that time of the year when you overdose on chocolate. It’s that time of the year when your auditory organs are bombarded with sappy songs on radio and TV. It’s that time of the year for the Indian youth to protest the culture of arranged marriage, until they get hitched up in one, by flocking in droves to the local Archie’s. It’s also the time of the year for right wing Hindu activists to make themselves feel important by protesting Valentine’s day. It’s that time of the year again for me to state that while I believe Valentine’s Day is a vast corporate conspiracy by HallMark and affiliates, the haters protesting against it and disrupting other people’s lives need to go get a life.
Here are some facts on Valentine’s Day:
* POSSIBLE ORIGINS
– Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day probably took its name from a priest who was martyred about AD 270 by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, the priest signed a letter to his jailer’s daughter, with whom he had fallen in love, “from your Valentine.”
– The day may also have originated in the ancient Roman celebration of the Feast of Lupercalia in honour of Juno, the queen of the Roman gods and goddesses, on February 14. Juno was also the goddess of women and marriage so honouring her was thought to be a fertility rite.
– At the feast held the next day, the women would write love-letters and stick them in a large urn. The men would pick a letter from the urn and for the next year, pursue the woman who wrote the chosen letter. This custom lasted centuries.
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