Pyaar Hua...Ikrar Hua

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The good old days of romance will never be back and it is depressing. Now, I come from a family which is renowned to have successful love stories running for generations. Exceptions do exist and please don't embarrass me by probing any further. Well, that's another story.
The stories run deep in my family yet with every generation the essence of love is getting diluted. Now, I don't know how the main characters in the stories feel about it but sidies like me who are mere spectators feel disappointed.
To begin with the technology-edge have really been a spoilt sport. What happened to the days of good old letters? When people became pen friends first and wrote just letters to each other for months before even catching a glimpse. Here we are when emails, smses and mobiles just kill the thrill of suspending romance. Will love letters die an unnatural death? Hey, come on guys! You can do better. Keep writing letters and preserve each one of them to pass onto the next generation.
Web cams is another culprit of the present days. The days when lovers use to cycle out miles or traverse through various difficulties just to meet the significant other. How can web cams etc. give you the charm of meeting the special one after waiting for days and planning meticulously to avoid onlookers?
The worst spoiler is our broadminded upbringing. We are the generation of instant gratification. Let us check each other out first seems to be the new mantra. Can we compensate for the romantic era of holding hands and just staring at each other as if the world has just passed by? Things would go with the flow and just a glimpse of the someone special would be enough to sustain the other.
People would just elope and financials were overlooked but does it happen in these days? We train ourselves to fall in love with someone who is comfortable. So no scope for rebel or the ideal story of rich girl meeting a poor guy and vice versa. No running. No resistance. The concept of love cum arranged is the new arrangement where everyone is happy. Now it is not that I am complaining. Who am I to complain and for what do I raise my voice? But wish the flavour of those days romance do make a successful comeback where to love was never a well-thought arrangement. It just happened...