Valentine Day

On Every 14th February throughout World young couples / lovers celebrates Valentine day and India is not exception in this case as now in India from last Six to Seven years young couples / lover also celebrates this day exchange gifts and wait for this day anxiously to show/express there love despite lot of opposition by the political parties and objection by some social organizations, despite my enthusiasm, efforts and hard work to know What’s the reason behind this celebration? When it’s started? Who is Valentine? I was blank of information’s and still have no information, and then I think to search through internet and had belief that some positive must be come out of my efforts to get concrete information relating to Valentine day but it amazed me that there is no authentic information accept some stories / legend were there, So I thought collective information relating to Valentine Day which I was able to gather why not I post here. Below are scattered legend / stories gathered from internet from here and there for the readers and all the lovers of this universe who celebrates this day without having any information when Valentine day begin.
Three saints were recognized with the name Valentine by Catholic Church and all were martyred. As per one story Valentine was priest in Rome during third century, Emperor Claudius II feel that single can be good soldiers compare to that who have family and wives. He declare marriages outlaw for his potential soldiers, Valentine find this inhumane and he keep on performing marriage secretly for young lovers, which become reason of his death when Claudius II came to know that Valentine is still performing marriages . As per other legend Valentine send himself greeting when he was in jail and he fall in love with young girl who was daughter of jailer and before his death he wrote a letter to her and signed from your Valentine and it’s still used by lovers today. This story with Valentine day hard to believe but certainly his personalities has appeal of romantic and by the name of Valentine in England and France during middle age have references.
In Great Britain Valentine day popular and start celebrating by young ones during seventeenth centaury and they exchange handwritten notes and small token of affection and by the end of century printing technology develop and replace with greeting cards from hand written notes which was very helpful for the young lovers who find it hard to express in their words. As per some reports valentine rank second in the world when greeting cards use to celebrate /express the day and top in the list the day when people use greeting cards is Christmis, and seventy percent buyers of these cards are women. Other then United States of America Valentine day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, France and Australia.
In India with the boom in Cable industry in last six to seven years and it’s access even from remote village of India Valentine is hyped by Television channels and opposition by political parties ,objection by some of social organizations attract young hearts towards Valentine day and find this day as source to express their feelings / emotions easy and effective which was restricted to big cities only , now Valentine Day spreads its celebration in small cities also which on the name of attack by western culture on to Indian culture political parties and social organizations oppose and young on the name democracy say in democracy everybody have right to live as per there choice and objection by anybody on to freedom of others is against democracy, Well if young celebrates in limit then no body should objection on there activities as they are also part of democracy where everybody have right to live there life as per there terms.