Rakhi: The thread of love

Again comes the auspicious day of RAKHI.
Unfolding so many beautiful memories within.
I Have been enjoying the same for last 25 yrs.
As a kid, for me it was all abt celebration, fun, frolic, a family get together, and delicious sweets n not to forget abt the School Holiday.
But all this cost a lot... ehhh ..getting up early in the morning... oohhh ...taking bath.. n long wait for Bk'fast. It was jus too much for me... wasnt it??
Apart, it gives me spare time to complete pending school work, cricket, goofing up with friends. Also, the day was no less than a fancy competition among the kids.

Rakhi was indeed a fun day, but as a kid nowhere did it include my dear Sis... for me it was all abt me.
Now after her marriage, today I felt a void around... a BIG one. No doubt life helped (forced) me to grow up with the given opportunities(Circumstances)... as it do to many of us. Well, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE ' I DO MISS MY SISTER JUS NOT TODAY... EVERYDAY '. Wow wow... now this really makes me feel good as an individual :).

_{" The Philosophy "}

Rakhi is an eveolved version of an old Indian custom.
When a person leaves home for .. like a soldier for a war or a business man leaving for a long business trip. There was a custom to bless the person for good health and successful and safe return. Long back women (n men too) use to tie up a black thread on the persons right hand ..to keep away the evil n to bring him success.
Donn you belive me ??! .... every year in RSS( its not an intentional to put RSS, its jus to put an eg.) celebrates the day of RAKHI , men tying up rakhi on each others hand n wishing them a good life ahead.

So, here we are, having so many variations and versions of the same custom. But
whats the point??? Why a person like me writing so much (its indeed too much for me to key in) , any guess.

Well the point is firstly, it has nothing to do with 'a lady tying rakhi to a man' , even 'a man tying up rakhi to a man' holds good.
Also, nowhere it had been specified that only a lady and a man with a sis-bro relation
can celebrate this. " SO GALS PLZ STOPP ANNOYING ME ! "

_{"i am the people"}

Any thing which is auspicious in itself
doesn't needs a relation to define it.

I hope only a few of you would agree on this.
But, that's it how I look to it.... WHAT SAY???

Wishing you a very happy raksha bandhan !!

+nav
10/08/05