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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Let's Talk about Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day!
Sana Zahid and Umm Isam uncover the truth behind the chocolate-heart-flavoured Valentine's Day

Love is in the air, so are red hearts of all shapes, sizes, and flavours on billboards and magazine covers! We are not short of better things to think about, it's just that it's Valentine's Day! What we are lately witnessing is pretty astonishing. So, let's unearth some facts about it all. ... read more ...

Happy Valentine's Day?
Laila Brence reflects on her experiences of Valentine's day

Up until my late teens, Valentine’s Day was a stranger to me – I had never witnessed it, never heard of it. Growing up under the Soviet regime, I was ‘programmed’ to know only the Soviet holidays, see only the Soviet cartoons and learn history solely from the Soviet perspective. Although this locked-in environment of communism had disadvantages, through years I’ve come to appreciate its strictness and sober moral norms, as they saved a good portion of my childhood innocence. ... read more ...

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