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Labour of love
Jaspal Bhatti

MY friend Sukha used unparliamentary language while addressing his wife in front of the guests. But his wife maintained a serene smile. I said, "Bhabiji you ought to protest if Sukha swears at you, especially immediately after the Valentine’s Day."

She replied, "Don’t worry bhaji. When he is in a romantic mood he uses slightly filthy language. It is his way of expressing love."

Come Valentine’s Day and everybody starts discussing about love. Apart from lovers, the moral police also becomes busy, while self-styled cultural purists’ stage protests against youngsters expressing their love publicly.

Recently, the Delhi High Court stayed criminal proceedings against a newly married young couple, who were booked for kissing in the public. The judge wondered how their act attracted the charge of obscenity.

But had it been a case of a couple married for a long time, it should been honoured publicly on Valentine’s Day for being able to maintain its love for so long.

A policeman flashed his torch and caught a couple kissing in the dark corner of a park. "You should be ashamed of kissing your wife in public," said the constable after verifying their relationship. "Sir", said the man, "Until you flashed the torch I didn’t know she was my wife."





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