For the lovelorn, these are painfully uncertain times to live in. Contemporary historians could note that a nation besotted by love, love stories and fables from deserts and seas to dusty arid plains has at the same time also a tragically soft underbelly.
The East versus West debate is polarising generations over Valentine's Day celebration in Kashmir with its young and old taking opposing positions over the morale behind such cultural influences.
React to Valentine's Day depending on your mood. If you feel like a sad single, ignore it! Hook up with single friends and watch a (non-romantic) movie, refusing to talk about why you don't have boy/girlfriends.