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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43628)	2/22/2003 3:33:30 AM
From: kumar	Respond to of 50167

With all due respect to you Ike and to Zack, a few comments: 1. In the asian subcontinent (think pre partition India Pakistan), the concept of "Valentines day" did not exist. 2. There is probably a good reason for this : families in those days were joint families living together, pretty much all day every day. Affections were part of life in the family. 3. One had no need to pick a specific day in the year to say "I love you" or whatever. The feelings were expressed on a fairly frequent basis. So, when someone says "heres this new day called Valentines day, when you are expected to send roses, cards, whatever", there is a natural resistance to that concept springing from "huh, what u talking about?, we dont need no special day! we have been showing our affection for generations without the need for a special day." Now, to the same people, if you say Eid or Diwali is "just another day", they would be mighty offended. Thats a topic for another discussion! cheers, kumar