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Valentine's Day

The Yellow Turtle hosts senior citizens ahead of Valentine's Day

| @indiablooms | Feb 13, 2022, at 07:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Yellow Turtle, an Asian retro-café at Purna Das Road broke away from the traditional celebration to do something phenomenal for this special day and hosted 3 couples from the old-age home Shantineer, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, which will be celebrated on Feb 14. 

Shantineer is an abode for senior citizens who have either been abandoned by their families or live there due to other unavoidable circumstances.

The Yellow Turtle decided to host these elderly and abandoned couples and remind them that they are cared for, and deserve to receive the love which they so lack from their families and close ones. The couples who came down to the restaurant spent a nice afternoon, interacting with the owner and the media.

The owner Apeksha Lahiri said, “Candle-lit dinners, couple games and parties are always happening in the city. I thought of doing something that I actually cared about and my heart goes out to these couples who were so kind to come down to my cafe.

"Love does not have any age limit and I feel that seniors too need to be reminded that though they live in an old-age home, there are people who care about them. Not experiencing love from your family at their age is a terrible thing.”

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