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Despite diktats, Srinagar youths keep tryst with St Valentine
Tuesday February 14, 2012 12:50:49 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar finally makes its tryst
with Valentine's Day
(Photo: IANS) |
Srinagar: Despite the
efforts of hardline separatists Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters Of
the Faith) and a bitter winter chill, many youth kept their tryst
with St. Valentine in Srinagar city Tuesday.
Though the activists of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat a few days back
visited some stationary shops in and around the city centre of Lal
Chowk ahead of the Valentine's Day to ensure that the Valentine
greeting cards were withdrawn from the sale windows, many youths
defied the hardline group's diktats as if St. Valentine had
decided to visit the city in disguise.
"It has nothing to do with morality or character. Valentine's Day
is an occasion to express one's love and regard for somebody who
has a very special and exclusive place in your life," said Sajad,
a youth here.
The Valentine's Day celebrations have always been subdued in the
valley even before the beginning of the separatist campaign here
in 1990s.
"It is not a part of the local culture and, therefore, the youths
have not had any special flair to celebrate the day. Yet, with
internet and free access to information, the world has shrunken to
an extended family. Youths are bound to pick up influences," said
a college teacher here declining to be named.
"At their age, youths are open to all kinds of influences. But
trying to exert force so that such occasions are not celebrated
would always be counter productive," she added.
Cutting across barriers of region and culture, many youths were
seen exchanging Valentine's Day greetings, especially in the civil
lines areas of the city Tuesday.
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