Will you be my valentine !!

Since time immemorial I have been thinking of saying this to someone (of opposite sex) and give a valentine card to my valentine, but seems like Archie’s and Hallmark were out of luck.

So here is coming another V-Day, and it will go just as comfortably as any other without many frills, with having to take the guilt of contributing to the cutting of beautiful red roses from their stem.

Love, as the poets and poetess, describes has nothing do to with red roses or floral printed silvery written poetic message. It has to do with eyes and the heart. It has to do with looking it her eyes and feel the warmth. Love is about walking hand in hand along the sea shore and pouring their heart out. Love is about watching sunrise and sunset. Love is about sipping a cup of tea with your partner in the balcony. Love is about watching each other in eyes. Love is about cooking an exotic dinner together with leisure. In short, love is about being with your partner without compulsion and feel in harmony with nature, and then everything will look lovely.

One good which valentine day does is that many guys and girls propose or throw good hints on this day. Some do it as a prank, some do it coz they didn’t have the courage to say otherwise and use this occasion as a disguise. And by next valentine a decent number of such cases materialize and many go down the drain, also.

I would not go into the depth of the monetary connotations of this day for many companies who rake in millions from the sale.

But there was some disturbing trend which can be seen everywhere these days in the ads:

"Buy her this diamond heart"
"Give her that beautiful dress"
"Make her happy with this gold necklace"

Nowhere, did I see "Make HIM happy with.........."

And we all know who the lucky charms are for these marketing companies. Sale of diamonds, long flowing dresses, necklaces, beauty products, teddy bears...., a big list, but when it come to men , the list doesn’t seem to go anywhere.

Does this reflect a reality in which women only receive, and men are no longer their Valentines deserving of a gift?

Ok enough criticism, let’s be romantic now and try to enjoy this day to the full.

I know my valentine is also there, somewhere and I wish her all the happiness and joys of life. I am not sad that she is not with me tonight, because she is in my heart and that’s not away from me.

A couplet for you my Valentine:


Tanhai mein waqt barbad kiya karte hain,
Hum har din har pal tumhe yaad kiya karte hai,
Mein nahi janta ki gharwale batate hai tumhe,
Hum neend mein bhi tumhe yaad kiya karte hai.

(In loneliness, I spend my time,
Every day every moment, I keep remembering you,
I don’t know if my family told you ever,
In my sleep also I just keep remembering you)

PS : This is my 50th blog, a long journey from the day I was little wary of the blog phenomenon to the day when it has become a part of my daily diet.

-ATG