YE RAKSHA BANDHAN KA RISHTA KYA KEHLAATA HAI ....

India has some of the largest number of festivals which are celebrated by the high and the mighty, the rich and the poor and even by different communities - BY ALI PETER JOHN

There are festivals like Diwali, Christmas and Eid which are celebrated by specific communities, but they have grown so popular that it is not surprising to see people from other communities mingling with one another and giving a secular touch to every major festival.

And if there is one festival which is basically celebrated by Hindus and which has now become a part of society as a whole.

It is therefore not a rare sight to see a Hindu “sister” tying a “rakhi” to a Muslim brother and even Christians and Parsis observing this festival which is observed to celebrate the strong and even sacred bond between a brother and sister.

It is a festival that was observed during the days of the ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ and is still being observed with much more fanfare and gusto than ever before in these modern times.

Stories about brothers giving up their lives to protect their sisters and making any kind of sacrifice to make their sisters happy are galore in our epics and even today.

Similarly, there are countless stories about sisters doing all they can for their brothers. The festival has always had a certain sanctity about it, but in recent times it has even turned into a fad among the youth, especially among young school and college going students who use the festival as a means to get closer to each other.

There have been several cases when young men and women have taken advantage of this festival and ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ have ended up as lovers and then as husbands and wives...

It is one festival which has inspired any number of Hindi films and it is a ritual that has been observed as a part of a film or there are films which have revolved round the relationship between brothers and sisters. Some of the films based on ‘Raksha Bandhan’ and other close relationships.
ISS SAAL RAKSHA BANDHAN KAISE MANAAYA JAYEGAA ? NA TUM JAANO NA MAI ......