tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post3250285911859127283..comments2023-06-13T16:12:45.237+05:30Comments on The Written Word: Valentine's Day...Akshat Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166870057213255447noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-14318604235210783522011-02-16T06:03:29.355+05:302011-02-16T06:03:29.355+05:30Thanks Ameya! Very interesting link...Perhaps some...Thanks Ameya! Very interesting link...Perhaps some good may come out of it!Akshat Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166870057213255447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-32251268809635105272011-02-14T20:51:08.035+05:302011-02-14T20:51:08.035+05:30Very well written!
As much as these incidents hav...Very well written!<br /><br />As much as these incidents have angered me over the years, the fact remained that there were a substantial chunk of population who shared this 'ruining our culture' feeling (even some members of my extended family). A classic case of finding a scape goat to deal with their anxieties of a rapidly changing society; manifest an illusion of control. <br /><br />But as with so many phenomena in the past, I somehow felt that Valentines Day will sooner or later be subsumed in our culture, perhaps acquiring an unique Indian connotation. At the least, it will start becoming more 'normal'. A process that may be long drawn out but which has already started. A case in point: <a href="http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2011/02/14/Article//004/14_02_2011_004_007.jpg" rel="nofollow">HT article</a>Ameyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748195842756213044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-50679812704757825182011-02-14T15:50:27.331+05:302011-02-14T15:50:27.331+05:30Thank you all!Thank you all!Akshat Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166870057213255447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-1147463952943038702011-02-14T04:36:12.858+05:302011-02-14T04:36:12.858+05:30Touching..
Should not be true..
saddest part is t...Touching..<br />Should not be true..<br /><br />saddest part is the people who should realize this are not going read this..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-57663121754851397002011-02-14T02:04:46.183+05:302011-02-14T02:04:46.183+05:30I think it is a well written script to explain a m...I think it is a well written script to explain a message which certainly some human minds do not comprehend. World would be such a happier place if one understands what bad they do to others can happen to them as well. As you one sow so shall you reap !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398820852022617483.post-88120235928625706792011-02-13T23:01:48.829+05:302011-02-13T23:01:48.829+05:30I hope this is not a true incident...and someone n...I hope this is not a true incident...and someone needs to go through this extreme route to understand their lack of foresight. <br /><br />I feel this is a classic case where people are not able to differential between greedy political agendas and true problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com