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We have our conservative brethren to thank. Never has Valentine's Day been as important to us Indians as when we were told love was a Western imposition. This week till the sixteenth of February, Desicritics will celebrate the spirit of St. Valentine who gave his life to protect the right to love. We will celebrate love in all its shades.

We invite authors to take part in the Valentine's Day Celebration Contest. There are a few basic rules:

1. All authors are welcome to participate - if you're not yet an author, mail us to sign up.

2. You may enter the challenge at any time before midnight, Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5:00), on February 16th, 2009. Your post should be in pending by then.

3. Posts should be about or relate to love in its many forms - so get creative.

4. Your articles can be of any type - fiction, opinion, memoirs, photo-essays, reviews, recipes, etc. Posts must be new and original, of course, and first published to Desicritics.

5. You are allowed any number of entries, but only one will be eligible for the prize - i.e. you can't get both prizes.

Editors and other members of Desicritics management are welcome to participate on a non-competitive basis.

Prizes: Online book coupons for Rs. 1000/- and Rs. 500/-, or equivalent to the two winning entries, as decided by a panel of judges to be announced shortly.