As in the Indian state of Chhatisgarh, Valentine's Day is officially banned in Patria. February 14 is now observed as Parents' Worship Day (Sanskrit: Matru-Pitru Divas).
On this day, children are encouraged to perform puja and arati to their mother and father, garland them with flowers and offer them sweets.
Patria has long sought to ban meaningless, over-commercialized US-pop culture "Hallmark holidays" such as Mother's Day. But Valentines Day is particularly loathed in Patria because of its focus on heterosexual between-the-sheets love, to the virtual exclusion of all other forms of affection or intimacy, many of which have no need for traditional missionary-position lovemaking. Valentines Day is particularly painful for men who are involuntarily celibate, socially inept, or are unable to form intimate relationships because of Asperger's/ASD (Autism Spectrum disorder). And for those men who do have girlfriends or significant others, Feb. 14 imposes a needless financial burden, as they are virtually forced by their so-called sweethearts to spend hard-earned money on chocolates, flowers and sexy lingerie.
As one of Patria's Hindu leaders in Congress says, “Patria is a country where all 365 days are days for love, why then must couples observe only February 14 as Valentine’s Day ?”
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