This post spurs as a consequence of a jovial mail forwarded by a guy to our work group, asking the guys to take leave tomorrow on account of Rakhi celebration , dreading the happening of some pretty girl tying rakhi and hence washing out the cupid castles built since quite some time, in a moment.I too had my share of laughter on seeing the mail and the plight of the guy in the photo attached with the mail was an incing on the cake for people craving for fun. Jokes apart, I have never understood why girls adopt such petty means to avoid eve-teasing,crushes and all the related occurences. It's time one stopped calling all guys, she doesn’t want to have as her partner, brothers!
Over the years, in high-school and college, I have witnessed so many girls giving rise to a new definition for "BROTHER"- According to them, he is someone a girl would not marry! Damn it! How can one so liberally give that title to anyone on the streets while only folks sharing the fraternal affection deserve to be tagged so?It sure beats me! The very significance attached to the eve goes for a toss with it being taken so casually and lightly. With the kind of life-style we are accustomed to, interacting with guys in the society is a must, and should be rightly encouraged too. How else would egalitarianism get molded otherwise? In effect, if not always, it might so happen that one might face some odd effects of socializing with guys ( I am not blaming only the guys here). If one wants to confront ill-effects of it,one should not resort to passive means, for some,one being Rakhi. When used as weapon for giving a safe name to the guy-girl relationship,rakhi is just nothing but a thread.. where would fraternity spring from, forget discussing the “raksha” aspect of the child’s play, absolutely no point.
Addressing the girls who intend to use this raw-key as a solution to the problem, all I want to say is to grow up and think maturely. All don’t have to be brothers, some can be good friends… just friends.It’s in the feeling, not in the thread tied around the wrist sans the fraternal feeling.
So, say no to Raw-key…. Just advocate Rakhi!
Happy Rakhi festival to all those who whole-heartedly celebrate the pride of being someone’s brother or sister.
Over the years, in high-school and college, I have witnessed so many girls giving rise to a new definition for "BROTHER"- According to them, he is someone a girl would not marry! Damn it! How can one so liberally give that title to anyone on the streets while only folks sharing the fraternal affection deserve to be tagged so?It sure beats me! The very significance attached to the eve goes for a toss with it being taken so casually and lightly. With the kind of life-style we are accustomed to, interacting with guys in the society is a must, and should be rightly encouraged too. How else would egalitarianism get molded otherwise? In effect, if not always, it might so happen that one might face some odd effects of socializing with guys ( I am not blaming only the guys here). If one wants to confront ill-effects of it,one should not resort to passive means, for some,one being Rakhi. When used as weapon for giving a safe name to the guy-girl relationship,rakhi is just nothing but a thread.. where would fraternity spring from, forget discussing the “raksha” aspect of the child’s play, absolutely no point.
Addressing the girls who intend to use this raw-key as a solution to the problem, all I want to say is to grow up and think maturely. All don’t have to be brothers, some can be good friends… just friends.It’s in the feeling, not in the thread tied around the wrist sans the fraternal feeling.
So, say no to Raw-key…. Just advocate Rakhi!
Happy Rakhi festival to all those who whole-heartedly celebrate the pride of being someone’s brother or sister.
5 comments:
:) So true!
I have had this experience a couple of years ago!!
When she came to know that my friends kept teasing me for chatting with her non-stop on the phone she suggested that may be she could put an end to it by tying the thread around my wrist...
Wow!!! What a solution!
It was the first time I had verbally thrashed a girl so much...
I just loved this line in this article... too good.. and very touching :-)
"Happy Rakhi festival to all those who whole-heartedly celebrate the pride of being someone’s brother or sister. "
truely amazing rashmi... a nice topic to be discussed.. well v can hv an offline chat on this.. wht say dear:-)
-pushpa
@post,
After having posted, I felt I missed out on writing something. Whatever said was for the girls. Here,one note to the guys is what I missed.Yeah,a guy also should not feel that the girl is interested in him if she doesnt tie a rakhi to him!! :)
@Hari,
Hmm... true, it hurts if everyone,including the person whom who presume has understood you,misinterprets friendship and tries to give it a safe name via rakhi.
First time? Ever since then, you have been busy thrashing girls ,is it?
Dare you do that !! :D
@Pushpa,
Thanks dear.Anytime for the chat, ma'am. :)
Yeah its ridiculous just to tie a Rakhi to avoid advances from a guy, but anyway I have never been a victim of this :)
@catch22,
Yeah, utterly ridiculous.
Hope your luck continues to work :)
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