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Tune in to that warm, fuzzy feeling that this month brings in…Cherish your love, and don’t let anyone diss this powerful, wonderful blessing…believes Anu Gulmohar.
The East versus West debate is polarising generations over Valentine's Day celebration in Kashmir with its young and old taking opposing positions over the moral behind such cultural influences. With the lover's day approaching, the debate is likely to get intense and take a public posture as moral policing groups in Kashmir have already made their opposition to any such celebration clear.
It is not for the first time that Valentine Day celebrations in Kashmir have come under fire from social groups. In 2006, a couple of dozen black-veiled women stormed gift and stationery shops in Srinagar ten days ahead of lover's day Kashmir. The women burnt Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say 'imposed Western values on Muslim youth'. The women were from Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of faith), a puritanical women's group founded in 1981. Its leader Aasiya Andrabi, who is least bothered by the 'fundamentalist' label attached to her group, claimed "We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day. These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."
Ever since, the opposition to lover's day celebrations has been a yearly affair. In 2007, couples seen in restaurants were beaten up. Another social group, Forum Againat Social Evils (FASE), joined the bandwagon. And this year, Aasiya has already declared war on Valetines Day.
"We will ask the shopkeeper not to display cards and gifts. They should not force us to take action. This is not our culture. Professing illegal love and affection is against our culture," Aasiya Andrabi said in Srinagar. "No religion is in favour of spreading obscenity. If they want to put a stop, they are okay," she adds. Aasiya's assertion that western cultural was swaying the youth away from their roots was in 2006 seen as an assertion of identity by her group. But events more recent point to a bigger divide in the society over the influence of the west on this eastern society. Messages posted on hoardings in a Srinagar locality warned dating couples to stay away from residential areas or face the music. "If you are found with a person of the opposite gender, you will either be handed over to police or your heads will be shaven," the hoardings, which came up at street junctions of Karan Nagar residential area in Srinagar, read. Police was taken by a surprise. Srinagar's Senior Superintendent of Police, Afad-ul-Mujtaba, vowed investigation besides taking the hoardings down. But the residents circuitously favoured the messages on the hoardings.
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Tune in to that warm, fuzzy feeling that this month brings in…Cherish your love, and don’t let anyone diss this powerful, wonderful blessing…believes Anu Gulmohar.
The East versus West debate is polarising generations over Valentine's Day celebration in Kashmir with its young and old taking opposing positions over the moral behind such cultural influences. With the lover's day approaching, the debate is likely to get intense and take a public posture as moral policing groups in Kashmir have already made their opposition to any such celebration clear.
It is not for the first time that Valentine Day celebrations in Kashmir have come under fire from social groups. In 2006, a couple of dozen black-veiled women stormed gift and stationery shops in Srinagar ten days ahead of lover's day Kashmir. The women burnt Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say 'imposed Western values on Muslim youth'. The women were from Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of faith), a puritanical women's group founded in 1981. Its leader Aasiya Andrabi, who is least bothered by the 'fundamentalist' label attached to her group, claimed "We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day. These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."
Ever since, the opposition to lover's day celebrations has been a yearly affair. In 2007, couples seen in restaurants were beaten up. Another social group, Forum Againat Social Evils (FASE), joined the bandwagon. And this year, Aasiya has already declared war on Valetines Day.
"We will ask the shopkeeper not to display cards and gifts. They should not force us to take action. This is not our culture. Professing illegal love and affection is against our culture," Aasiya Andrabi said in Srinagar. "No religion is in favour of spreading obscenity. If they want to put a stop, they are okay," she adds. Aasiya's assertion that western cultural was swaying the youth away from their roots was in 2006 seen as an assertion of identity by her group. But events more recent point to a bigger divide in the society over the influence of the west on this eastern society. Messages posted on hoardings in a Srinagar locality warned dating couples to stay away from residential areas or face the music. "If you are found with a person of the opposite gender, you will either be handed over to police or your heads will be shaven," the hoardings, which came up at street junctions of Karan Nagar residential area in Srinagar, read. Police was taken by a surprise. Srinagar's Senior Superintendent of Police, Afad-ul-Mujtaba, vowed investigation besides taking the hoardings down. But the residents circuitously favoured the messages on the hoardings.
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY
IIPM Ranked No. 1 B-School In Global Exposre - Zee...
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
1500-plus IIPM students placed across the country with 44 bagging international offers
IIPM set to beat economic slowdown
IIPM, GURGAON
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IIPM awards four Bengali novelists
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