The Timeless Bond

"Bhaiya tu mujhe kya dega iss baar rakhi pe?"

"This time get me a silver rakhi, the one which is in fashion" 

Iss baar to main tujhe kuch nai dunga mere paas paise nahi hai bhai.

"Post man aaya, didi ki rakhi ayi hogi " (excitement)

"Mumy meri rakhi mili, 5 din pehle post ki thi?

"Rakhi kharidne jaana hai... 

Special rakhi for  bhai , this one for bhabhi, bhua, didi and cousins.

yeh wali rakhi mein nahin bandhwaunga, achi wali bandh na!

These word are lost and their essence too, we hardly hear them around us . Is int it? Where is the excitement gone? Where is the involvement gone? where is the innocence in this emotion gone?

Even the Rakhi Thread has changed tremendously in its appearance and outlook in present times. Besides being an expression of love, Rakhi today, is a piece of art and a style statement for the fashion conscious generation. The market is flooded with varieties of rakhis . Gold, Diamond rakhi, expensive stones rakhi, natural rakhi, astronomical rakhi, spiritual power rakhi , cartoon charecter rakhi and the list is endless. 

For years sisters , mothers, chachis, cousins used to hunt market to pick up best rakhi for their brothers much ahead of the festival. Now the new age is booming with n no. of websites providing even the e - rakhis with attractive offers online..(Techno world :-))

Does that change the basic purest form of human emotion  - love , care , affection and faith between a bother and a sister? Does the motive of tying the rakhi thread changed in all these years? Since ages it is simply to pray, to wish for the prosperity ,well being and happiness of the brother .To respect and cherish the beautiful vulnerable emotion you share with your brother. Brother who is your friend, your guide, your buddy, your father like figure, who vows to protect his sister always , to stand by her in thick and thin, to be her savoir all through the life.

The elder brother, the younger brother, the same age brother...whatever kind but this species is just wonderful.(All sisters will agree)

I remember making a hand made card for my brother along with rakhi a week before the festival.I remember all the ladies mothers, sisters, wives  dressed up traditional were seen going or returning from their brothers or mothers houses, newly married females  feeling emotionally excited waiting for their brother to take them to mother place,  Making of different kind of sweets at home, Bhuas coming to home,exchange of gifts,comparing gifts of last year to this year, smiles gigiles , laughters, teasing, togetherness and lots more.

 I miss , i miss all that badly.Lives are busy now ,  just like me there will be many working females who would not be able to go out of station to visit their  mothers places.  I wont be able to be with my brother this year :-( however this year i thought of wishing him in the same old way i used to when i was a kid.

I posted him a hand made card with a letter with few lines dedicated to exclusively for him .Just sharing them with you all here.

Here's this letter is to my brother 
I remember every day I have lived with you
No matter what you have said, what I have said in anger , in rage to each other
Here's what I'd like to say 

I remember you carrying me when I was a kid,

I remember the ride with you on bicycle to my school
I remember the hand made cards i used to post you and you have still treasured them (i know) 

I remember you feeding me when I was infant

I remember you showing your possessiveness when I was out

I remember your harsh words just to protect me from wrong

I remember you’re those n no of weird teasing tactics

I remember you displaying love stealthily

I remember (and will always) your special and extra affection towards me

I can never measure the kind of bond i share with you, the protection i feel in your company

the confidence,  i have when you are around and i know for sure that no one can replace you in my life.

And thousands such things

So what if I am far away from you and where ever life will take me and you in future,

I am there with you every year  on this auspicious day to show you that,

I will always love you 
Be with you till the end
When no one else is around
I will be your friend

I will take care of you

I love my brother unconditionally
and I always will 
I'm proud to be your sister

No matter if the world says it otherwise 
that's how I feel 
And someday even when we're far away 
And the miles keep us apart 
I'm going to whisper 
I love my brother and make sure my voice reaches your ears
Yes it will  and you'll know it in your heart .

Wishing you all good luck as always for my brothers life ahead on this Rakshabandhan

Happy Rakhshabandhan Bhaiya!

You are loved eternally.

Yours guddu :-) 

So what if now i have grown up to a mature married female , Here is  a hand made card i am sending , the way i used to post you when i was in school , just to remind you again -the old small guddu - Miss you :-)

There's no other love like the love for a brother,

There's no other love like the love from a Sister,

Good Luck , Stay Blessed-J