One of my students, Dharmendra, presents me with a construction paper heart
While Valentine's Day is not an official Indian holiday, it has crept its way into the general vernacular of our villages through popular culture, Bollywood films and celebrations put on by local Indian colleges. Since there isn't really a norm for dating in the communities that we work in, and marriages are as much about family as they are about any given couple, I was surprised last year when I asked my students to write a newsletter article and they chose "February 14: Valentine's Day".
Here are the thoughts of my two students, Vikas and Vishal:
14th February: Valentines Day
By Vikas and Vishal
Everyone, even young boys, young girls and old men, like Valentines Day. On 14th February, everyone celebrated Valentine's Day. Everyone celebrated Valentine's Day
because some people like friendship and some people like love. On that day, people give chocolate and flowers to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Everyone was happy on that day, but we were unhappy, because we don't like Valentine's Day.
If you want to meet one of the authors of this fantastic article, you can watch an interview with Vikas right here:
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