Some Not Sweet on Valentine’s Day
From Times Wire Reports
Right-wing Hindus campaigned against India’s latest Western import, Valentine’s Day, by storming into shops, burning banners and threatening love-struck couples with retribution.
Hindu nationalists see Valentine’s Day as a desecration of traditional Indian culture.
Incensed by such creeping Westernization, supporters of the Hindu Shiv Sena party toured cities nationwide asking shops to withdraw all Valentine wares.
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