Believe me, Valentine's Day was never our culture.  It never was meant to be hyped up as much as it is done these days in India.  I vaguely remember of someone talking about Valentine's Day until the mid 90's.  Thats when this fever caught up with India.

 

Some of the funny things I noted about Valentine's Day is that, people no matter whether they are committed or not, they always turn up in Green to show up they are free.  Girls do come in green, but are a little skeptical.  They still wait for this day to see who proposes to them.  As always, they can dispose  but they still want to hear from every Tom, Dick and Harry who wants to propose.

 

Greeting Cards, Gift Shops, Flowers everything gain rapid sales on this day, not to mention the different marketing tactics they provide.

 

Ok, the first time I knew about Valentine's Day was when I was in my school final.  I was pretty Open  at that time but unfortunately the school uniform was white and blue so couldnt show up.

 

Anyways, if people have fun (and they know the limit for fun) its good to have these days because these things add a little cheer to the day-to-day hustles.

 

The other funny thing (culture) that has come up in the past decade to India, particularly down south is the Akshaya Thrithiyai.  Now this affects me the most because it involves Gold (which is expensive from the day I could remember).  I will write about this in a separate post, and it wont be long before I write since Akshaya Thritiya is also fast approaching.

 

Cheers !!!