My childhood… the growing up years and the rakhi days…
We are three sisters so technically there has never been a rakhi festival for us… but I still have fond memories of this festival as growing up…
For me raksha bandhan
is the time for get togethers and the cousins ganging up to have loads of fun while the elders are gossiping
is the time when a yummy kheer would be made my badi mummy, the taste of which still lingers in my mouth… no one has been able to match that benchmark of kheer for me…i miss u badu mummy too much
is the time when we would look forward to the gifts and the money collected by tying rakhi to all cousins and then decide what is that we want to buy using that
is the time when one day before rakhi would be spent in school in a competitioon on which girl tied more rakhis and which boy got most…. and yes needless to say it was just till 6th or 7th 🙂
is the time when all girls would compete to get rakhi tied to the most popular boy and all girls would compete to get rakhi tied by the most popular girl
is the time when hours would be spent selecting rakhi and then later the archies cards to go with them
sigh i miss all this
Happy Raksha Bandhan to u all…
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Oh u did it! 😦
meira et tu?
🙂
Oh kheer:D
Slurp.
i thought of making it today but then i decided i have tortured myself enough by the truffles
O yes – all those things and times – every festival used to so much more fun around 15 yrs back….now all are just little more than formalities
Yet – never mind – i am still feeling happy about the day and looking forward to Prisha tying rakhi to one of our close friend’s son this evening.
how true life changes so much when u grow up
yeah i think thats another point… i am not liking ojas ka empty wrist today…. they dont celebrate rakhi in my in-laws
Happy Raksha bandhan 🙂
What fun we used to hv with cousins then! Sad that everyone is busy with their own life nw 😦
ya sigh how sad
with time so much has changed.. rakhi to me also means buying silk threads of diff colors and making creative rakhis by ourselves 🙂
oh yes as they say time doesnt stop for anyone…
and i was never the crafty one… sis used to do that pretty well
Thats a great read.
Trip down memory lane!
Happy Raksha Bandhan to you.
Rakhi no longer is the festival it used to be.It used to be celebrations,meeting cousins,troubling the brother/s.It is now almost a formalty as the bonds do not exist any more.Very unfortunate.
Happy Rakhi to all the Ladies who read this and also to those who don’t.
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Well in our culture i.e in Bengalis Rakhi is not celebrated. Instead we celebrate Bhai Doojh
So, how did the truffles turn out?! 🙂
Happy Raksha Bhandan to you and your lovely family!
Nostalgia. Happy Rakha Bandhan, Monix! It is siblings day.
Just spoke to brother and reminisced our childhood rakhi days. He lives in same state but different city.
Hey monika,
Good you do not have the kheer in front of you otherwise it is tough to resist na. I am the only daughter to my parents and thus really never got to do much on rakhi days. I really rejoiced seeing the kiddos tying rakhi and clicked some photos.
Hello Monica Ji,
I found your blog a little late (through one of the links that pop up under your posts) – but I hope you had a happy Raksha Bandhan.
– Gorakh Nath.