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2003-02-15 14:17 | User Profile
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Indians massacre Valentine's Day
February 11 2003 at 10:36AM
Mumbai - Hindu nationalist groups that have burned greeting cards, trashed gift shops and harassed hand-holding couples to protest Valentine's Day in previous years are getting ready to make their point again this week.
"We are against celebrating Valentine's Day," senior Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray told reporters this week.
"It is nothing but a Western onslaught on India's culture to attract youth for commercial purposes."
Protests by Hindu nationalist parties have turned increasingly violent in recent years, with groups like the Shiv Sena forcing shop owners to get rid of Valentine's Day cards and blocking access to gift shops.
'It is a Western onslaught on India's culture to attract youth for commercial purposes' The Shiv Sena, part of the coalition government of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has repeatedly called for a ban on Valentine's Day celebrations.
Despite all that, Valentine's Day is gaining popularity................................
2003-02-15 14:27 | User Profile
I am sure we can all appreciate India's desire to keep free of foreign influences. Likewise, I am sure they will understand when we return their overseas computer workers to them.
2003-02-15 16:19 | User Profile
Way go to, Dotties! Any nation that hates Valentine's Day has at least some sense left.