14th Feb is Valentine’s Day. It is supposed to be a special day for people in love. The air is “filled” with “love” created quite effectively by different companies through their advertisements for various products and promotions; and all men and women who are in love, are, supposedly, waiting for the “D-day” to come – to express their love with diamonds, flowers, perfumes, dinners, holidays, etc. etc. etc.
Ok, so 14th Feb is the only day when you can tell your beloved one how much you love him, I mean materially; and therefore, if one cant afford to give an expensive present (from the innumerable ones being displayed on newspapers daily) she stands the chance of losing her sweet heart to a more prosperous opponent. Simple - if you can’t afford, you lose!
So…
What about those people who don’t have that special person in life? Someone who is lonely, alone and may be has lost her beloved sometimes back? Imagine the pain she will go through remembering the old days of togetherness – the last valentine’s day together, the candle light dinner, the walk on the terrace and the purple flower that her boy friend had given her at the end of the day when she had stopped expecting a gift from him…
Or, take for example, someone who is yet to find her boyfriend/lover/sweet heart... Will she feel lonelier on this day? More sad at her single status, more upset at not being liked by at least one person on this earth for so long in life?
Who knows? And who cares?
May be on a valentine days we are not supposed to remember these people – they don’t form the target audience of these uncountable products and services that do millions of rupees of business on this occasion.
Besides, beyond the tinted glass, the real world is always boring, dull and color-less.
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