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People speak
Valentine’s Day
PEOPLE What it means to you...
SPEAK A column created by asking a question to 104.9 FM Funasia Radio listeners
by RJ Madhulika on her show ‘Just Chill’
Valentine’s Day, also called Saint to them.
Valentine’s Day or the Feast
of Saint Valentine is celebrated I was pleasantly surprised by the rainbow of
annually on February 14th. It answers I received from them. That also goes
originated as a Christian feast on to show that the same day can be thought of
day, honoring one or two early and celebrated in so many different ways. Some
believe it’s an unnecessary
charade as in why do we
need one particular day
to celebrate love? Some
of the listeners opinion I
will be sharing now with
their permission - As
per Saharsh he feels love
should be celebrated
and treasured every day
and we don’t need to
wait one whole year to
celebrate it. However the
counter opinion I heard
from Sahil was that just
like we celebrate birthdays
to celebrate someone
similarly we celebrate our
Christian martyrs named saint love on valentine’s day! For Khushbu it is a day
Valentine and, through later folk to get pampered by your love and vice versa, she
traditions, has become a significant said birthdays and anniversaries are different ,
cultural, religious, and commercial on valentines one should take out time for their
celebration of love and romance in partner/ spouse/ love and spend some quality
many regions of the world. Many time with them and maybe give them some gifts
people also call it or think of it as to make them feel special. Rhea said why others
a festival produced by Archies as on we should love and pamper ourselves too. She
this day the sales of Archies would said I don’t have any particular person that I
go rocket high! would spend my time with on February 14th but
I always make sure I pamper myself by taking
On my show Just Chill, I asked our good care of myself, exercising, grooming one
listeners what Valentine’s Day means self and getting a pedicure/ manicure and
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