Our lives often take tremendous turns and twists. Rather like the tough mountain roads. Yet both, our lives and our roads, wherever they may lead us, always share the point of origin, the place where we began. Let me think of another example, an image to explain what I mean. After the first few sunrays, every day is different. Yet the dawn is common to each and every day, however distinct, right?
The sibling relationship is like that originary point, the dawn of each life. Each day may zoom out differently, and yet the common dawn colours it. The Rakhee Pournima or the Raksha Bandhan celebrates this elemental togetherness that never withers nor wanes.
Apparently, the roots of the special celebration that honours the siblings' togetherness lie in a mythical story. Lord Krishna cut his finger on a blade of the Sudarshana Chakra. Draupadi could not bear to see the oozing blood. She tore the pallu of her precious saree to tie up his wound. The Lord granted her the boon that this selfless act of love would be remembered year after year, and hence the Rakhi festival gets celebrated each and every year as a token of the brother-sister bond.
Yet another logic behind this ritual is that actually the festive feel is not really pan-Indian. Bollywood phillums spread around the good word regarding the brother protecting the hapless sister. Well, in the northern regions of India, given the constant invasions, the Rakhee thread was a promise that the brother would always protect the sister. The Rakhee festival thus began and spread, it seems.
Whatever its origin may be, the festival frames a bond that binds forever. These days, sisters are hardly hapless damsels in distress. Yet the faith that someone cares for you selflessly and deeply, come what may, is a great solace, especially when your parents are no more.
Actually, the bond so matures over the years that there are no expectations, no demands except the subtle assurance that in this wide wild world, there is this special someone in whose veins courses the same blood, who shared with you your blooming years that shaped you, however/wherever you may flower and fructify!
Forever may live this bond! Let every year blossom again the memories that truly make us! Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Pratima@ For a sister, brothers are, to give a very contemporary example, like the ChatGPT, the perfect, faultless, and sureshot answer to every problem!😀
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