Bond of love

Despite rising costs of living, despite calamities like flood and drought, despite power  failures, the Indian people find a time for rejuvenation and revive bonds of love. Culture and tradition give an occasion for joy so that people can free their mind of worries. Festival of Rakhi  which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters was observed today. Rakhi brings together families. Women visit their brother's homes, tie a decorated handband affectionately and apply tikka(dot) with rice grains on the foreheads of their brothers and pray for long life for their brother. This is an unique festival when the bond between brother and sister are strengthened. This festival revives the spirit and the mind of the Indian people, and reunions of families take place. It is these religious festivities that make India unique and very beautiful. People are able to take stress and more stress as they wait for the same occasion next year when they will meet their sisters again.Indian people work hard with these joys deep inside their hearts. This is the real India.