Is there anything like true love in this era of materialism? Is it a fairy tale? Young couples would stand divided at this question. Half of us would say there’s true love, while the rest deny it outrightly. Cityplus inquired about this in Pune University’s Rani Baugh confronting a few couples.

Love is an emotional condition whereby a person feels romantic attraction for a stranger on the first encounter with the stranger. The term may be used to refer to a mere sexual attraction or crush, but it usually refers to actually falling in love with someone literally along with the deep desire to have an intimate relationship with that person.

Parks are the places where you find couples oogling at each other and sharing their feelings rubbing their palms around their beloved’s arms. Surely it’s a haven for those who are in love. But you would be surprised to know how divided they stand on the existence of true love in these mordern times.

As Anju Panikar, a BCom student, puts it, “”I beleive in true love, but I don’t see it happening. The present generation is interested in physical enjoyment. They have a little care for feelings. Enjoyment is the main factor they desire to achieve.”

“True love can’t be explained, but experienced. Falling in love is never planned. I saw Raman for the first time and immediately I found praying that he should love me. The prayer materialized. We thus met, fell in love and are enjoying life,” she adds.

Raman, Anju’s boyfriend, on the flipside has a different perception of true love. He says, “There’s true love and I find it happening. I say this because I am loving Anju that is true.”

Prateek Mane says, “I met her a couple of months back. She was simply ravishing and stunning and I had to tell her I was in love.” A few run-of-the mill love pitches followed before she consfessed she had always had a crush on him. Does that qualify for true love? “I would say yes, but then I realized things were not as rosy as it seemed at first.”

“For me true love is something where couples share each others feelings. There’s a give and take. I totally believe in this and that’s why I am here (Rani Baugh),” he adds.

However, his mate, Vrushali has a different views. She says, “True love is not give and take. Giving and taking happens only marketing line. True love is not a commodity and certainly not marketable. Don’t expect from your partner anything. This is true love. Love without expecting anything. I am an optimist and I see true love among present generation. There’s no two views on it.”