Celebrate This Valentine's Day Differently & Instead Create a Smile for Someone Else!

The society is full of ambitious, agile and nimble new generations of talent that is constantly emerging in the industry. It is hard to avoid Facebook posts, tweet, speeches, presentations and even the “war of talent” that is currently going on.

Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Kangana Ranaut, Anoushka Sharma, Shraddha Kapoor, Diana Penty, Parineeti Chopra, Jacqueline Fernandez and Sonam Kapoor. Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Imran Khan, Emraan Hashmi, Ruslaan Mumtaz, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Hritikh Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, etc.

Love is surely in the air, and its not surprising that many charity fundraisers make use of Valentines Day as a hook to engage with donors. Does it always have to be about a reciprocal relationship, in a nation that is sadly plagued by social evils even till date such as poverty, illiteracy and other social evils?

Through engagement, reciprocity, relationship fundraising and so on don't you think we CAN MAKE a difference to the PEOPLE who really

What is it about love that you think about? Is it really romance or it is friendship or the feeling that you will always be backed up by your friend? Why does romance have to be linked with lust and lust has to be linked with romance; especially on this day?

Can’t love just be about humanity, about caring, about being compassionate towards the other? Why does there have to be a ‘LABEL’ of LUST attached to it at ALL?

When cupid was invented (or so he was discovered), was he really alone, was he happy or was it all just “maims” of the mind to make us believe that we NEED SOMEONE?

Love comes with a price, a heavy one too; but with this year I just cant help myself from overlooking how underpriced it is.

This Valentines Day would mean nothing to me if homeless children would remain bereft of parental love.

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