ONe question to Sajha Users? WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE??????????????? -------------------------------------- February 14 -- "the" day of lovers: Valentine's Day! It could be the right time to break the ice. Speak out, break up your silence, and express your emotions. Carry a beautiful card along with a bouquet of red roses. Then dare to say, "Will you be my Valentine?" Come on, be a man or a girl of substance. You may miss the last bus. Well, times had changed for lovers. Everything was not fair in love and war in the third century in Rome, Italy. The stone-hearted king of Italy did not allow his troops to fall in love. The purest form of heart was considered as a taboo. Just imagine once, how tough might have been those suffocating days for the heart takers and givers. Their hearts, full of unspoken love, passion, trauma, sentiment, emotion.... Alas! No one to understand them. That is why, it is well said, "When the mind knows it is knowledge and when the heart knows it is love." When God closes all the doors, he opens a window somewhere. Yes, he is there in all your critical phases. Saint Valentine fascinated morbid troops. He was a priest. Gradually, he spread the beauty of love, sharing unexpressed and hammered feelings. Thousands of people were married to beauty of their world with the great help of Saint Valentine. Life had never been so magical and exciting. They forgot everything, and found the real meaning of life with love. Life was unbelievably colourful for them. You know, marriage was the biggest crime for troops in those days. So, the cruel king sentenced Saint Valentine. But he was not shattered at all, he did not feel down at all as the power of love is always superior. Many lovers came to see him in jail with bouquets and gifts everyday. The small daughter of the jailer, like many others, was greatly influenced by Valentine. She came to meet him everyday. When he was beheaded on February 14, 279 AD inside the jail, he left a chit for the little lady, which said, "Love From Your Valentine." In his memory and to pay him tribute, Valentine Day is celebrated. This special day is for someone who is in love, or was in love, or hopes to be in love. It is day of lovers, not necessarily between two opposite sexes. It could be between you and your sister, brother, friend, father, mother or anyone, provided the person should be very close to your heart. "We Nepalis, do we have to follow the western culture?" is a frequently debated issue. As far as Valentine Day is concerned, it is a matter of heart, a matter of love, and you know very well that it is neither western nor eastern: It is eternal and universal. It comes straight from the heart. I feel sorry to state that Valentine's Day is not for those Casanovas whose job is to flirt and philander. Neither is it for carnal lovers. Excuse me if I am wrong. This English number tells us more than a thousand words for the lovers: Don't love me for the fun Love me for a reason Let the reason be love. Last but not the least, with your permission, I would therefore like to ask you: "Will you be my Valentine?"