Pramod Mutthalik, is gay, is he really ,married to a man. According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl ? who may have been his jailor's daughter ? who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France. While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial ? which probably occurred around 270 A.D ? others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

MR RAMESH MANGHIRMALAN I AM NOT AT ALL SUPPORTING THE HORREANDOUS ACT DONE BY THE SRI RAM SENA AS HAVE MENTIONED IN MY COMMENT .NOW IF ANY ONE OPPOSES KISSING IN PUBLIC PLACES YOU CALL HIM GAY ,FABULOUS ,GREAT MIND SET,SEEMS YOU HAVE GREAT AFFINTY TOWARDS THIS WORD.SORRY I AM NOT OF THAT TYPE LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN PLEASE YOU AND VICEVERSA...

MISS PALLAVI I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.THAT'S WHY I HAVE SAID I AGREE WITH SRI RAM SENA ONLY ON SOME COUNTS NOT ALL.

sri ram sena's work is really worst kind of things....who is sri ram sena , are they almighty or they are the superemo of India? They are the terrorists , they should be punished to their greusome attack.... are we really independent in india? there are some other way to teach culture....but its not the way...police should arrest them ,beat them as they beat the girls, and where is our supereme court ,where are our prime minister they shoud STOP THESE KIND OF ACTIVISTS.....EVEN BANN THIS GROUP .This is not sri ram sena THIS IS RAVAN SENA.....this ravan sena going to teach culture ....Are they really cultured? please authorities WAKE UP and trap those goons....and punished them worstly...

WELL I DEFINATELY AGREE STEPS TAKEN BY SRI RAM SENA WERE INAPPROPIATE.BUT YOU REQUIRE TO AGREE WITH THEM ON SOME COUNTS.RECENTLY A COUPLE FOUND KISSING OPENLY IN DELHI WAS LEFT SCOTFREE BY HONOURABLE COURT IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.BUT WERE THEY MORALLY CORRECT???THINK WHAT WOULD PARENTS SAY WHEN THEIR 5 YEAR KID PASSING NEAR BY THE SCENE ASKS WHAT AND WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS.WON'T IT LET THEM EMBARRASED ???THESE ACTS SHOULD DEFINATELY BE CONDEMNED AND DISCOURAGED IF PERFORMED OPENLY.OUR CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FREEDOM TO ALL BUT DONOT FORGET YOU HAVE CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES TOO ...

City population are educated and can take care of themselves. Better concentrate on major population who need great help and support in developing the villages.

SRI RAM SENA IS DEFINATELY SPREADING SOCIAL TERRORISM.BUT AT THE SAME TIME BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULD BEHAVE IN A PROPER MANNER .THEY SHOULD TRY TO AVOID THOSE ACT CONSIDERED OBSENE IN OUR SOCIETY.AT THE SAME TIME STATE AND CENTAL GOVERMENT ARE EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE AS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO GIVES LICENCE TO LIQUOR SHOPS AND BARS OPERATE.

Manglore pub girls disappear in thin air!! I will not be surprised if, tomorrow, they will find out that the women that were assaulted were prostitutes (I heard on the news that the girls were called whores and prostitutes by the men who assaulted them). No wonder they did not file a complaint (although they have a national organization National Commission for W...s which will provide them justice). The above is of course only a hypothesis...since anything is possible in India.

There is a reason why families (however progressive and modern they may be) try to tell their girls to moderate their movements and remain safe. They cannot regulate how the society functions and so they ask their girls to not get out at certain times or go to certain places. In fact, sensible parents tell their daughters AND sons the same. If anything, their special concern for daughters makes them pay more attention to where their girls are and what they are up to. They don't want their daughters to go to pubs and bars and be mistaken for whores and be treated in undesirable ways because it will hurt their daughters. Most parents may not be as eloquent about it, but the sentiment is the same. What do feminists think about such attitude of kind concern towards daughters? They think women's freedoms are being restricted and that women are being treated as property. They say that women should have the right to go out anytime, anywhere and get as dirty and nasty as the worst man can be in order to be equal to men. They want law enforcement personnel to waste their valuable time to provide protection to them as they indulge in wasteful, luxurious behavior such as drinking and dancing in pubs. Does the state have enough resources (time, money and man-power) to accord police protection to all women (and men) who want to indulge in such luxuries? Don't we have more important needs and better situations for employment of our police forces...like tackling terrorism for example? Women certainly have the RIGHT to go to pubs and drink and dance around semi-naked. But it is only appropriate that, for reasons of gender equality, they not ask for govt funded special protection forces guarding them because nobody is providing special protection to men who go out and get drunk and dance around semi-naked. Any untoward incident in such cases should only be treated as an UNTOWARD incident (just as it would be in the case of a man) and let the law take its course rather than blow it out of proportion to create paranoia about how bad the situation of security is specifically for women in India.

This self appointed Idiots, should be given exemplery punishments...they should be castrated, high time girls take up arms, like pepper spray, and pocket knifes...

Absolutely, they should be punished. acually we live in a hypocritical culture, where people can pee in publioc but not kiss.....how disgusting...