Freindship "Day"

A friend of mine had sent a mail looking down on the observance of the so called "Days". I see it in a different perspective. This was my reply to his mail:

Bhai,

It's not a bad thing after all! In the fast paced life that we all lead, it is rather human to forget. I would put it in another way... may be everyone amoung us may not be able to follow up with relationships as we grow up and take on responsibilities. We have held the feelings with us, in our hearts, but it is imperative that the feelings are expressed once in a while. If we look into the history of these "days" we could see that all these were initiated with these thoughts.

Now, in a growing capitalistic economy, it is not surprising that businessmen would take advantage of every opportunity available to make money.

I feel that if such a day reminds me of making an effort to make sure that my loved ones feel special, it doesn't do any harm and only acts as a relief and guides you to a few tension - free precious moments. The effort may vary with a person's spending capacity. In my case I might stick to make something own my own(if I have the liberty of time)! But it's the thought that counts. Of course landing in debt to celebrate these would be foolishness. But that depends on the level of intelligence of people.

To deject anything just on the basis of terming it "western" is not the way that a person with positive attitude towards life would take.

:-)

Jubs