The Pub Bharao Andolan and the Pink Chaddi Campaign were the next most celebrated hypes after the "Slum Dog Millionaire", at least for the hopelessly growing singles population in the city. Hesitant to fathom the media attention for the Valentine's day, a few celebrated HAPPY SAD!. A typical SAD celebration goes like:

a. Invite all your single friends for a gathering at your house.
b. Make sure that gas cylinder is not empty.
c. If your room mate knows some cooking, send her somewhere far.
d. Keep all your kitchen utensils unwashed and dirty for atleast two days in-advance. This is for keeping your visitors engaged while you prepare food. That way you can make sure that your friends wont involve in cooking or prepare a tastier food.
e. Buy a lot of Rajma and invite somebody who can kill your sense of humor by making bad (I mean really bad) PJ's around it.
f. If your friends does not finish the Rajma, lock them inside the room and prepare some lemon tea for them. Add a lot of pepper, salt and lemon to it.
g. Most importantly, buy a cake, preferably pineapple cake, and don't forget to write HAPPY SAD! on it. Don't spare the fun of watching the bakery boys screaming in wonder "Why HAPPY SAD!". A genuine whoop about eating the Lychee Cake made of Pineapple is also not unprecedented.



That said, the V-day passed not without setting its marks in the history:

1. To the dismay of many couples, Pramod Muthalik took a U-turn on his promise of marry off dating couples, for whom this was their last resort for an hassle free marriage.

2. ShriRamSena further disappointed the growing [number of] saari aspiring "Indian women" who optimistically sent Pink Chaddis hoping to get saaris in return.

3. As the annual greeting card burning ceremony was buried in other Swadesi movements, Hallmark and Archies didn't get their anticipated business. They requested the Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women to include a Card Bhejo program in next year V-day propaganda.

4. The frivolous to frugal transformation caused by the current economic situation which plummeted the pub business relieved a little by the pub-bharo andolan. The yet to be confirmed report claim that the liquor sales were close to Kerala's festive season sales.

5. An unreliable source reports that the planned layoff at a Victoria Secret's factory unit was called off due to the record number of manufacturing orders received during the season.

6. After realizing nobody is bothered about me at all, to get away from the despair, I gifted an SLR (EOS 1000D) to myself.