Not all primary school students might be aware of the significance of Valentine’s Day, especially in rural regions such as Satara district, but the local education officer sent a circular barring all schools from celebrating “love” anyway. Instead, the bizarre notice directed the schools to organise Mothers’ Day celebrations on February 14, and even asked that photographs be sent as evidence.

Students were asked to recite a poem about a cow and her calf to celebrate the mother-child bond on February 14