I remember, as a child we used to celeberate Happy Birthday, Happy Diwali, Happy Holi, Happy Independence Day, Happy Republic Day.. and what else?  I don't remember any more.

All of a sudden now we hear Happy Mother's day, Happy Father's day, Valentine's day (this has been around for some time now).

I really wonder, whether in India we need to celeberate special days for mother, father, brother, sister, etc.  As far as I know, we all have the age old culture of living together and celebrating everyday these relationships.  So, why just one special day?  And if we have become so busy and self-centered that we need to find one day for mother, I think we are not fit to celebrate it at all, because we don't undertand what "mother" is then.

Relationships have to be taken care of everyday and we have to be nurturing them as we live and not just celebrate one special day and forget about it for the rest of the 364 days.  It is becoming too technical and mechanical.  At least I think this is just a gimmick of the marketing and advertising people, who try to make many occasions to sell their things.

Dear CJs, what do you think?  This is a debatable topic and people will have different opinions.  Let us share it.