An old man was walking by a park in Delhi on Valentine's day. He saw several couples in different stages of undressing and varied degree of compromising positions. Reluctantly he walked towards a smooching duo and asked, "BETA, YEH KA AAP KI SANSKRITI HAI" - "Son, is this your culture" ? He got the answer, "UNCLE. YEH POOJA HAI. SANSKRITI USS PED KE PEECHE HAI" - "Uncle. This is Pooja. Sanskriti is behind the other tree".
Come Valentine's Day, many couples get private in public places. It's also busy time for our self proclaimed cultural custodians. Few years back I saw a picture of Bajrang Dal activists chasing away young love birds from a Park in Cuttack, Odisha on that fateful day of February 14. Not so long ago Hindu Mahasabha had given a well published call to disrupt Valentine's day.
Whether youngsters in India should or not celebrate Valentine's day is something we can agree to disagree. But as free citizens in a democracy, the Constitution has guaranteed them the Right for Peaceful Assembly. It is for their Parents/Guardians or Police to act if they pass the threshold of immorality. But NOT you, the Bajrang Dalis or Hindu Mahasabha folks. We are not a theocratic Saudi Arabia or Iran, nor a Banana Republic, where as the moral police, you have the authority to take laws into your own hands. And put it in simple terms - "Who the fcuk you are to be the self proclaimed custodians of law" !
Sorry, I have to disagree with your Modus Operandi. It's a well known fact that most of you are Anarchists and no custodian of culture, rather plain thugs. You have a vested interest in using such occasions to stay in limelight, some of you with the intention of getting a slice of the pie, e.g., indulging in extortion in form of touching, molesting and/or extracting money.
We don't need private militias to be our moral guides. Our civilization has survived many onslaughts for thousands of years - from marauding invaders to being ruled by foreigners. It simply doesn't need the unsolicited protection from a bunch of ragtag, rowdy ruffians. Our heritage as I know is robust enough to survive yet many more years, without an iota of assistance from scums in the guise of "Culture Vultures" of your kinds.
If you really want to help our society we have a long list of dirty laundries to clean. Better get your act together. Don't waste your time and energy clearing Parks on Valentine's Days. Love is purely a personal affair between two consenting adults. It's non of the business of Bajrang Dal, Hindu Mahasabha or Khap Panchayat to be in the business of personal love. Get a better sense of the civic sense, be the hallmark of a civilized society.
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