Do you think by erradicating Valentine's Day in India western influence will be curbed?

Question

This query in response to those disrupting protests around the country on eve of February 14th

Answer 1

I think Valentine's day is fine if celebrated within limits. Now-a days people use valentine's day as a means to fulfill their lust and bodily pleasures which is not right. Valentine day shoule be taken as a day of love and not lust. Regarding your question, my answer is that western influence would not get curbed by erradicating valentine's day. If Valentine's day is erradicated, the Indians will celebrate another day as love day as per their requirement. It will not have any affect on the western influence.
Hope this helps

Answer 2

I don't think just by erradicating Valentine's Day in India, western influence will be curbed as there are many more things which are influenced by western countries - just take our hindi movies which we can't see by sitting along with our elders, the heroines - who enjoys showing off their bodies and these people who protest against valentine's day enjoy seeing such movies & heroines. Why they are not protesting against such thing.
There is nothing wrong in celebrating Valentine's Day, if celebrated in a good way, knowing its meaning..

Answer 3

Namaste
I hope it will be curbed ..... there are things all countries share because good ensues ... but when something is not liked in another section of the world (St. Valentine's Day) then there
is no point to adopt it ...

It really is very important at this point in history for India to stay
Indian .... there has been too much foriegn invasion and it has
threatened India's culture .... India needs time to be its natural self again ...

Peace and Love
LPM

Answer 4

May not. But is it necessary to copy a custom which totally align to our culture for the sake of cheap publicity? Our way of expressing love and affection is subtle and we don't indulge in exhibitionism in public in the name of some particular day. Americans who en-cash every activity of life into dollars. Love need not be advertised in public parks or greeting cards,( which invariably end in divorce).. It is some thing more subtle and durable according to our Culture.

Answer 5

I don't think Valentines day represents western influence.It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other.The story of Valentine's day doesn't even originate from the United States

The legend of St. Valentine is not absolutely clear, which is also why we refer to this history as "legend." One legend portrays him as a priest who refused the Roman Emperor Claudius II's law, ordering that young men remained single. It is argued that Claudius II did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young Catholic men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Fr. Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. Claudius had meetings with Fr. Valentine and grew fond of him and even attempted to get Fr. Valentine to convert to the Roman paganism which he practiced. Instead, Fr. Valentine refused and attempted to convert Claudius to the Catholic faith. This enraged Claudius, and he sentenced Valentine to death. While imprisoned, one of the jailors had a blind daughter, whom he brought to the jail often, and she spoke at length to Fr. Valentine. Just before he was put to death, he sent her a small card and signed it, "From your Valentine."

Another story has it that while Fr. Valentine was imprisoned, people would leave him little notes, folded up and hidden in cracks in the rocks around his cell. He would find them and offer prayers for them.

Answer 6

oh western influence in India is merely superficial ....in the core of their hearts we are still Indians.
u can adopt their attire,their lifestyles and stuff..but deep down we are a conservative Indian with a set of values.
Feb 14 don't have a chance hampering with our core culture.
...but celebrating it is ironical in Indian culture where arranged marriages are preferred over love marriages.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

see actually it is not needed to do campaign against valentine da
y in our country,see there is noting wrong in following western cu
lture,bcoze,in england they are celebrating our diwali for one week for the tamil people who are living there,and all the political
parties should stop the campaign against valentine day.

Answer 9

NO, becaus ethey will still remember it and want to be like Americans, I mean taking in the negative stuff and not taking the positive stuff like keeping streets clean

Answer 10

It may not help people who are already fallen too far down from their morals and characters,but it might help some people from jumping in the ditch after them.