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Afghanistan/South Asia
Hindu Radicals vs. Hallmark
2005-02-11
The Shiv Sena Friday threatened to disrupt Valentine's Day celebrations in Maharashtra. Party spokespersons in different parts of the state said activists would devise different ways to halt Valentine's Day celebrations. "Our culture also has ideals of love. But we do not want to commercialise it by allowing such a day to be observed. A few vested interests were forcing Western ideas through the observance of such days," party spokesperson Sagar Shinde said in Pune. In Mumbai, the party spokesperson at Sena Bhavan said a formal agitation programme would be announced in a day or two. In Pune, shopkeepers are selling Valentine's Day cards under the guise of Vasant Utsav or a Hindu celebration of love...
Shiv Sena does this every Valentine's Day. They're anuses all year long, though.
Posted by:Anonymoose

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