*Horror face*
Today is Raksha Bandhan? Oh damn, it was my optional off today from work, damn, why did I not realise this yesterday!!!!
Oh so its Rakhi, hmm, I don’t believe in this tradition one bit, somehow it never held any significance for me but every year, amma would force me out of the bed and command the disinterested me to go through the ordeal of sitting in front of my disinterested bro, move the thaali with gazillion assortments clockwise along the circumference of his face, Tilak his forhead and feed him Kaju barfi. Phew! Amma are we done? Can I go back to sleep? Oh yes, bro, I love you and I shall take care of you, errm isn't is supposed to be the other way round, I mean that’s the significance of Raksha Bandhan right? Bro-protecting-sis?
With time, I stopped posting Rakhis to the many brothers I have and got a sour name in the family. Last two years, I stopped the act with my own bro, he has no issues at all, actually he doesn't care enough (Now that’s like my bhai), but amma is furious. Each year she purchases my share of the Rakhi’s and I fail to go through the ritual. Did the same today and she is fuming in anger, if she could whack me she would have done just that.
What matters is what my bro is to me. Rakhi or no Rakhi does not define anything. Traditions- most of them are not for me. And I know that our bond is above all of these. So, my dear kiddo, I wish you well, I might be a stern elder sister, but that’s just the way it is. You know I am your bank and also your daring partner sitting in the front seat of the car while you accelerate and swirl it through dangerous turns :)
For amma- I am sorry but please spare me the Rakhi!!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Bond v/s Thread
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Very well put, esp Bond Vs Thread, a killer!!! But parents will be parents, cannot change them. Even if she wants to do away with it, she can never acknowledge it before you, hence the fuming and the ranting. let the Parent Clan just be....
:) you bet, let the parent clan be...
but surprisingly she was ok by the time I returned home..maybe she is getting in terms with this..too!
all these festivals and "special days" are over-rated
for a minute .. dear you.. lets think of how other feel about traditions...
traditions to a lot of us dont mean anything, but i think tradition means a lot to others who we might really care about.. so yea a few hours on a day of the year to do something which others want ... i ll do it ..
If being rebellious hurts ppl i really love, i might as well see them happy by not thinking of myself for that moment..
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