Celebs have made their Raksha Bandhan plans for this year. They reveal the same while talking about the significance of Raksha Bandhan and t...
Celebs have made their Raksha Bandhan plans for this year. They reveal the same while talking about the significance of Raksha Bandhan and the relationship they share with your brother or sister. They also talk about being emotionally dependent on their siblings and the best thing about having one. Here’s what they said:
Mreenal Deshraj
This
year is very special. I am going back home to Nagpur for so many reasons. Ashim
(Matthani, her husband; entrepreneur) and I have our wedding reception from my
side of the family in Nagpur, my sisters and family from all over India and the
US are flying down for this get-together. And, on that very day, I will be
celebrating Raksha Bandhan with my real brother Manish. With all this coming
together, I am so thrilled. Manish bhaiyya will have all his sisters tying him
rakhis this year and our whole family will be together we’re also
celebrating my marriage, which makes this a landmark celebration. All of
us siblings are very close and we function as a tight unit, even though we are
spread out all over India and one of us is in the US. We are emotionally
bound to each other and my family in general is very protective of me. Manish
bhaiyya is the bastion of wisdom, empathy, understanding, and unconditional love
and all of us sisters benefit from his protective nature. He is my only real
brother, the others are formalised as brothers but we do not share any blood
relation. My other brothers are Dr. Kanishk, Amitabh and Vishal. They are all
very protective and caring and I feel blessed to have them in my life. Won’t
say I am emotionally ‘dependent’ on my family because it sounds very naive. I
am emotionally very independent, strong-willed, and stubborn. For them to
protect me and care for me is a privilege I enjoy and respect.
Sudhanshu Pandey
I
don’t have a real sister, so like every year I wait for the rakhis from my
cousins and once they arrive, I would tie the Rakhi on my hand and my wife does
the needful. She ties rakhi on my hands and on my boys and that’s what we are
looking forward to. The significance of Raksha Bandhan is that you know you have
a sister, who cares for you and you know that you have a sibling who has your
back. It’s a beautiful feeling. I have an older brother and cousin sisters and
my relationship with them is fantastic. We have family groups where we chit-chat chat and sometimes we poke one another. Being emotionally dependent on your
siblings is very natural. The best thing about having a brother and sister is
that you have one other, taking care of each other unconditionally.
Charrul Malik
My
Raksha Bandhan plans have been the same for the last few years. My brother lives
in the USA and my twin sister Parool lives twenty minutes away from my
brother’s house, so she ties rakhi to my brother on my behalf and we celebrate
rakhi on a video call. It's not possible for me to visit the USA every year. The
most special thing about Raksha Bandhan is that my brother was born only a day
or two before August 11, and my sister and I were happy as it felt like God
made our dream come true because we always wanted a little brother. So we
celebrate rakhi twice now because my brother’s birthday is on August 8 and
Raksha Bandhan dates are flexible. This is why Rakhi is such a special occasion
for us. It's a brother-sister relationship, it's a very special bond because my
brother lives far away like 'Saat Samundar Paar' but I am happy that my twin
sister is with him. It's a very dear relationship we have. We don't nag or bully
each other and are always there for one another in good and bad times. I feel
that this is what a brother-sister bond looks like. The best thing about my
brother and sister is that my sister is my twin and we are very connected, my
younger brother is very lovely and he's an amazing person too. I am not
very emotionally dependent on my siblings. We do discuss everything whenever we
get stuck somewhere or we have certain questions in mind or we want someone to
brief us we talk to each other. We connect a lot and we talk once every four days at least and the calls are always too long. This year I am
hoping to visit my siblings because it's been a very long time since I've met
them.
Sudha Chandran
I
come from a South Indian family and we don’t have Raksha Bandhan because we
have another festival where we pray for our brothers. I eagerly look forward to
Raksha Bandhan now because I married into a Punjabi family and for them, this
festival is of huge significance. Raksha Bandhan has always been very special to
me because I don’t think I need an occasion to talk about my brothers and
sisters. Every day they are in my prayers because they mean a lot to me. We are
related by blood. I being the eldest sibling in my family the responsibility is
now on my shoulder as when the previous generation leaves you and you take care
of the next generation then. It’s very difficult for me to explain in words
what it means to me. It’s a beautiful relationship that I have with my brothers and
sisters though they all are my first cousins. All the times when I felt low, my
cousins always stood by me, made me laugh, and move ahead in life. I always pray
to God that nothing should ever come their way. Life is all about ups and downs,
if at all something happens we are always together. I also feel blessed to have
my cousins with me. The best thing about my brother and sister is that they are
very genuine and don’t expect anything from me. It’s a relationship without
expectations, unconditional love. On Raksha Bandhan I remember I lost my closest
cousin at a very young age and I was emotionally dependent on him and very
attached to him. We also grew up together. He was my mama’s son. He almost
spent his entire life with us and I always used to fight with my mom that he is
more important to her than me because my mother loved him so much.
Unfortunately, we lost him and that was a very big setback in my life. Every
Raksha Bandhan I think about him and pray that wherever he is, may god bless him
with happiness.
Mohit Malhotra
This
Raksha Bandhan, my sister has sent me rakhi since I would not be able to go to
Delhi because of my shoots and other commitments, so we will celebrate over a
zoom call. I love all the Indian festivals but Raksha Bandhan is one such
festival where we get to revive our relationship with our sister and take a vow
to protect her, no matter what. These traditions have an essence and it brings families more close. I share a very good bond with my sister. We
are very close and share a lot of things about each other’s lives. The best
thing about her is that she is all ears and always gives me better advice on
what I should do. She always supports and cares for me. I think family is one
thing that you always need to have, they are your strong support and I am lucky
to have a family who always stood by me. You feel stronger when you know your
family is always backing you.
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