Increasing acceptance for Valentines Day

Valentines Day of 2008 is heading towards us and many people may have already planed how they will spend this day. Though, Valentine Day is a western gift for Indian people and there are many people in India who oppose this festival. Some of the fundamentalist organisations even try to punish people celebrating this festival. However, still most of the Indian youth find this day as an opportunity to share their love emotions with near and dear ones. Most people give valentines day gifts and cards on this day to their loved ones and slowly this culture is becoming very popular in India. The major reason behind the popularity of this day could be increasing acceptance of foreign culture and a try to give some new colour to life. Already, many shopkeepers and businessman have started preparing for this day and tapping more number of customers.