Real Winners of Feb14th

That was a special program for Valentines Day in a channel. I was watching that with my 10yrs old neighbor boy. He was more interested to watch it. Before i asked i though it might be wrong to ask this question to a 10yr old boy but realized that i am wrong after his answers.

“Love na ena da?”
(What is love?)

He laughed at my question and replied as he knows everything

“Anna. Ungalku love na theriyatha?”
(bro. don’t you know about love?)

“oru anna vum oru akka vum srichte irpanga, antha anna gift kudupanga. Ithu dan love”
(a boy and a gal will be always laughing, that boy will give gifts to her. This is love)

“epdi da theriyum?”
(how did you know?)

“nan dan TV la pathurkene..”
( I have seen that in TV already)

I was astonished by his answers how the media has occupied the minds of public without any age difference. Everything is made business today and Valentines Day is not an exception but a big profit goal for those.

Mainly the mobile companies, we will be getting advts regarding this feb14 to know about our chances of getting a proposal on that day. They won’t stop with this alone they also give tips right from the color of dress we should wear that day to the gifts we can present to our lover. We have to pay 4 to 5rs per SMS.

Next the gift shops in big cities. They are introducing various models and types of gifts every year to attract customers and the prices of those things increase every year. Presenting gifts to our dear ones is one of the real ways to preserve our remembrance but those shops are taking it as an advantage to boost their profits. A small greeting card is now available for minimum costs of 50rs. The business through flowers is separate.

Next the media like television channels and radio take the remaining time of the people through their so called special programs. We can call to the number given and can speak about our love. What is the guarantee given that a person won’t misuse this chance to tell names of others who is not in love with that person. Recently a new trend is followed in channels is the “love meter”, i.e. if we send our name along with the partner to the number given as sms, they will tell the percentage of our love. I saw some people getting even 0%. (So sad. SMS costs waste).

I am not against celebrating valentines day but the business minded people takes this as an advantage and gives us some stupid ideas to extract money which not only spoil our mind through their results but the increase in costs will make these enjoyments untouchable to those who cant afford those costs.

LOVE IS EVERYWHERE.