{"id":828,"date":"2019-02-07T23:08:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aradhanamishra.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2019-02-07T23:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:38:41","slug":"valentines-day-celebrate-for-no-reason-is-enough-to-count-yourself-blessed-if-you-are-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aradhanamishra.in\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Love, St.Valentine and ‘Simran ke Bauji’!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It\u2019s that time of the year when flower, chocolate and card shops start playing with your mind and emotions. It\u2019s February Silly!! Also, now that we are increasingly living in a dual world of online and offline, where one overlaps the other quite harmoniously, Apps start enticing you with the umpteenth offers of cash-backs, discounts on purchases for\u00a0 your loved ones- may be some heart shape box of dark, delectable chocolates, teddy bears for the young love and that ubiquitous Little Red Dress, symbolizing the Valentine\u2019s Day spirit on your face- and hotels and restaurants make special arrangements to en-cash \u00a0\u2018the day\u2019. \u2018Love\u2019 becomes an earnest business. A simple day, which announced its grand arrival somewhere in the nineties, has since surreptitiously turned into a week-long affair starting with the Rose Day followed by Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, Kiss Day and finishing with the grand Happy Valentine\u2019s Day. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Now where does all that leave me? \u00a0Alright- let me blurt it out. I bow at the altar of enviousness as I see the youngsters making plans for the week. Where was all this freedom when I was younger (just trying to assert that I am still young, referring only to the \u2018younger\u2019 days! :D) I had heard the adage- Love may be blind but jealousy has 20-20 vision. May be that\u2019s why I am experiencing all this exhilarating and animating happenings around, with much more clarity than I ever did. Should I feel guilty of this feeling! Well..Combine it with the saying \u2018He who is not jealous is not in love\u2019- this could purge me of the aforementioned thoughts, even though this feeling of love has long breezed past me.I am resentful as this new \u2018liberated atmosphere\u2019 around the V day is there, when I have got my head together, but my body is starting to fall apart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t long back (or was it so long back, I wonder) when a \u00a0guy in a Baraat giving extra attention to a girl made her heart \u00a0flutter, and\u00a0 a short \u2018love story\u2019 would begin, with one extra Gulab Jamun served on the crush\u2019s plate, only to end with an equal speed if not more, like the candy floss melting in the mouth, once the Baraat left. This book of short stories would add another chapter, written deftly only with the subtle glances, in high schools\/colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With no cell phones, FB or WhatsApp, Insta, Snap Chat etc, these stories turned into full-fledged novels only for a few indefatigable souls, who would cross the river of \u2018non-communication\u2019 through the bridges of Archie\u2019s cards and may be a \u2018cassette\u2019 sneaked in the same envelop exchanged through a long route of friends\u2019 friends\u2019 friends . The songs were supposed to convey the feelings of the protagonists of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Most of them, however, could never gather the courage to tread the gallant path of \u2018card exchange\u2019 on Valentine\u2019s Day or on any day. With \u2018Simran ke Bauji\u2019 being the role model for most of the fathers, ‘Raj’ and ‘Simran’ remained the silver screen characters only. \u2018Simran ke Bauji\u2019 ensured that these short love stories remained like the size of \u2018challenge of writing 100 words stories\u2019, you blink and it\u2019s over! \u2018Romance\u2019 remained something which could be explored only in the matrimonial territory! In most of the cases these grounds proved to be quite unproductive vis-a vis romance! After few failed attempts, the die hard romantic out of the two, would give up and settle down to appreciate the other aspects of life and the life-partner!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Falling in the category where one settles down to appreciate the ‘other aspects\u2019 of life, with all the romance out of the window, I am in particular hostile towards this St. Valentine. What is \u2018love\u2019 anyway? Why this \u2018kolaveri \u2019 around this simple thing? Isn\u2019t it one of the many feelings like anger, sadness, euphoria etc! It is said that the love-struck couples have high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which stimulates an intense rush of pleasure, essentially the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine.\u00a0 Hello\u2026 And all this while I thought it\u2019s about the heart! How na\u00efve! Or Perhaps it is the case of sour grapes!<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the ones though, whose romance is as alive as a new born baby\u2019s first cry, embrace it, celebrate it, for the simple reason that no reason is enough to count yourself blessed if you are in love. Happy valentine\u2019s Week.. ! Naysayers, including me, can say whatever they want to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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