In our part of the world where young people are regularly attacked for falling in love and can be murdered for choosing a spouse outside the community. And even though the day is connected to capitalism and patriarchy as it is all about the ‘right gift to purchase’ and promotes the notion of heteronormative coupling yet it is important to observe a day dedicated to love in an extremely divided and hierarchical society. This day is a bit complex in my context in India where the day has been attacked for ‘spreading western culture’ and ‘shameful things such as romantic love’ between young girls and boys.
This review is specially to mark Valentine’s Day which falls on 14th February every year and is celebrated as a day of love worldwide thanks to cultural hegemony of the west over the rest of the world.
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