raksha, respect, remember
August 17, 2005 – 12:42 am |
This is the rakhi my youngest sister gave me today, on her birthday. It is a traditional Indian thread which sisters give as a gift to their brothers on the holiday called Raksha Bandhan. But as she explains, this gift has strings attached:
On this day, sisters take brightly colored or beaded laces or bracelets and tie one onto their brother(s) wrist(s) in a show of respect. The brother who receives a rakhi, as they are called, is compelled by this reminder to protect and care for his sister and offers a token gift in return.
Alas, although my brother and I took her to dinner for her birthday, I came up short on the token gift. I keep forgetting to get her a token gift. I need some way to remind myself to get her a token gift…some kind of a mnemonic, a reminder, something unobtrusive, yet near at hand which will jog my memory…hmmmmm.
2 Responses to “raksha, respect, remember”
i’ve a rakhi coming - when i get it, i’ll work on the mnenomic … and i’ll try to think of an appropriate return gift besides my promised lifelong fielty as her new brother
does this make you and me bros, too?
By uncle jim on Aug 17, 2005
No, Jim, it doesn’t. We were brothers already.
By Joel on Aug 17, 2005