THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY



I loathe being cynical, but it was as though the month of love's copybook was destined to be blotted on two successive occasions as yet another Valentine’s Day arrives, signifying love and care. Sharing them not just with our loved ones, but with one and all. And no fiscal extravaganza required to show that we care...

It is said that every year Valentine's Day consumes more than one million boxes of chocolates, thanks to Richard Barrow Cadbury (1835 –1899), the English entrepreneur-philanthropist being the first person to make chocolates for Valentine’s Day, way back since 1868, in a heart-shaped box...

Comforting deeds with loved ones and friends, aiding them solve their problems, sparing a few thoughts for the less fortunate in terms of health, wealth and abilities are items ought to be in the list for today. Not to forget our foes, as they have helped us to improve ourselves in some way or the other...

It is to be remembered that love and grief are two sides of the same coin - no grief without love, and love involves the risk of grief. Thus a day for us Indians to pay homage to the soldiers martyred in the Pulwama terror attack, this day in 2019, when life took a new turn altogether for over 40 families...

With the ongoing natural disaster affecting two nations, and a man-made one affecting another two since almost a year, the essence of Valentine’s Day needs to be practiced everyday, for all time to come...

It is only by improving ourselves and sharing our love and care by our actions can we pay our obeisance to our Creator, and can we ever come close to correcting what Rudyard Kipling had said -

"In times of war and not before, Gods and soldiers we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted."


🙏🙏🌹💐    🇮🇳

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