Hyderabad: “Solicit your love on social media” this Valentine’s Day and you will have to marry the person, says the right-wing organisation Hindu Mahasabha.In a rather fitting reply, men and women in India have decided to declare their love and have dared the organisation to get them married. Chandra Prakash Kaushik, president of Hindu Mahasabha had said, “Display of love in the entire Valentine’s week is equivalent to not following Indian traditions. Anyone found displaying love on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp will be caught hold of.”
The group is planning to have eight teams to check on social media and is also going to dispatch teams to public gardens and malls in various cities. In a fitting reply, a few social media enthusiast have decided to profess their love and dared them to get them married.
Ms Suranjana Roy Bhattacharya, in her mid-30s, has openly declared her love for Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and is asking, “Will the HM now marry me off to him?’” Babudas Augustine, another middle-aged man, says, “I love Aishwarya Rai and all the other Bollywood beauties. Can they deliver on their promise?” Sanchita Guha, a lifestyle and travel writer goes a step ahead and writes, “I love George Clooney and I will be happy being his Indian wife — the docile doormat types quite ready to accept a sautan. Will the home minister please help and fulfil my dream!”
Ms Roha Schnitzer, a foreigner, is so kicked by the home minister’s statement that she writes, “My fantasy is now running wild at all the options that I have. I might just book a flight to India to be there on February 14 and declare my love for everything and anyone I have in my mind!” With these messages, the social media circuit is daring the Hindu Mahasabha. And one very straight and obedient individual says, “I love my mom? What will you do now?”
Meanwhile, the Mahasabha’s promise of a quick marriage at the Arya Samaj has made some real-life lovers hopeful. A young man who has been trying to convince his parents for long says, “This came across as a fantastic idea to get easily married. I am trying to convince my girlfriend that we must go to the park on February 14 and stand close to each other and hold hands. One of the activists will definitely spot us and get us married. They need numbers to show to their organisation that they have worked. It serves ours and also their purpose. At home, parents will have to blame the Hindu Mahasabha for our marriage. A cheap, convenient and peaceful way to get quickly married.”
