A VALENTINE TALE : 25 YEARS LATER

                                                

                                                 A  VALENTINE TALE: 25 Years later

It’s just another day.

Once upon a time 25 years ago, when the idea of Valentine was being sold to us, he bought it wholeheartedly. He was 22 and I was 23. He then sold it to me with a dairy milk chocolate, red roses, an Archies Card and a proposal on bent knee wearing Santy’s blue blazer. (Cringe…. Cringe….)

25 years later, he can still sell me the idea of Valentine . Gestures have changed.

Dairy milk chocolate substituted with Vitamin Pills

Red roses replaced with hedges needed to cover the lawn

And Archies card replaced with bills to be paid.

As for the proposal…

It’s no longer on bended knee but in the little things—

The constant call at 3:30, “Ghar aa gayi.”

The late-night Zomato order of hot gulabjamuns;

“Jio Recharge karva do,”

Kab tak aaoge.

Valentine Day is just another day.

Not “cringe cringe” anymore—just us, 25 years later.

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