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The Dark Side of Valentine’s Day: How It Promotes Lust, Not Love, in Hindu Society
- srinivas y / 2 months
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In Bharatiya sanskriti, true love is prema—pure, selfless, devotional, and bound by dharma (righteousness). It is the eternal bond seen in divine examples like Ram-Sita’s devotion or Radha-Krishna’s spiritual bhakti. Yet, Valentine’s Day, aggressively marketed worldwide, often reduces love to physical attraction, fleeting passion, and consumerism. Hindu perspectives, rooted in Sanatan Dharma, expose its dark side: it glorifies kama (desire) untethered from moral […]