Thread of Love

Raksha bandhan – the cultural festival that glorifies sibling relationship and symbolizes the cultural harmony of our nation. It is my personal favorite, more than the imported days ala Friendship day, Valentine’s Day that we are now lapping up. Ironic, it should be, considering the fact that, being born on Valentine's Day I like the Raksha bandhan day more :D. Anyway I wanted to pen down (or rather type down??) my views on it in a beautiful, poetic way... I worked on it, but somehow my mind got stuck and what came out of it were only some clichéd lines, very much unlike of the feelings I wanted to express.. I gave up then, pacifying myself that it is not always necessary to decorate our feelings with beautiful words. If your feelings are genuine enough, we need not mind about our diction or grammar, we need not even make it good enough to appeal to people around... We don’t need to, really !... :)


Every Guy might have his own perceptions about what is that, that makes him manly...Strange, but truly, I am of the view, that being a brother, being thought about as an Anna by a girl, makes me feel manly. It gives that special feeling, the responsibility, the duty, the care, affection all in one. For any girl, her bhaiya would have been the first go-to guy in her life, rite? Her brother would have been the first hero for her who can knock any one down, the genius who know Mathematics even better than Rita Madam :)...And as she grows up, her brother would be the care taker, taking care just like her dad, but more friendly and closer to heart than the strict father...And later in life, she would even hope that her brother will bring her prince charming to her....... If she finds one herself, her brother, will play the pivotal role in making her Prince charming, the king of this darling... :) (konjam niraya pesitteno :D ??).. Well, The point is this.......It takes a lot to be a brother, so much more, if you are not related by blood.

There is also another thing to it, In general, we Guys love Girls more than our fellow guys. Because, only a Girl, who ever she is, a Mother, a Sister, a Daughter or the all important better half, can reach out to the deepest of a Guy’s heart and extract the softer part out a man. Only a girl has the ability to make a guy realize how lovable he can actually be. That for me is the real power of a Girl. The love we show towards our mother hardly compares with the love she has for us. How much ever we talk about the value of Romantic love, it cannot be denied, that our love for her comes with a price tag. We expect to be the most important person for her and expect her to listen and do as we like it. But Sisterly love does not carry any such expectation… well..almost…... It is this love without any expectations makes it all the more sweeter...

For me a Sister means a lot...She gives that kind of sweet and unadulterated love feel, the manly feel, the sense of responsibility, the care that makes me chase the limits to do certain things for her happiness. It also makes me a good natured guy with respect for girls, makes me a better guy. Those girls in my life who gave that brotherly feeling created so much positive impact in me even though they might not be aware of that :).

Raksha bandhan is special in that way that I feel, when a girl ties the rakhi in my hand gives me that recognition which I treasure a lot. This year has been more special to me, compared to recent years, as I had the privilege of being tied the coveted thread on my hand by a special sister :) That thread means a lot, as I earlier told, it gives me the pride and the responsibility.

Okiee...comedy ngara per la mokkai pottutu iruntha naan, ippo real feelings ngra per la mokkai podalennu ninaikkaren.. :D I have tried to keep this as subtle as possible, not over emote, not to exaggerate, but direct dil se. This post is just to honor the festival Raksha bandhan and also the dear sisters who gave that lovely, sweetly feel :). I am not going to name them, as I might miss out on some names and that definitely would not be fair to them. Also Instead of me making noise, I feel the best thing is to be a deserved brother who makes his sister feels proud about having him as her brother, give her that secure feeling., have the ability to make her happier, any day, any time.I am miles away from becoming like that, but I hope to be there some day...

HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN TO ALL !!! CELEBRATE BROTHER HOOD :)