Raksha Bandhan!!!

Raksha bandhan is a very beautiful festival celebrating the purity and the love in the relation between a brother and a sister...The sister ties a rakhi around the wrist of her brother and prays for his well-being and prosperity while the brother promises to protect her from all evils and ensure her safety...As we south-indians do not celebrate this festival I initially had no idea about it...But when i stayed in Pune I truely understood the meaning of raksha bandhan...i had lot of bhaiyas in Pune who were either elder to me or felt a brotherly affection towards me...they were so wonderful and nice to me!!! In my initial years I was compltely alone...And they used to take me aroun on weekends to restaurants...And dote on us just like an elder brother would....They would scold me on my marks...Sometimes they would not even speak to me if i misbehaved...They were my advisors, my strength and my support....there have been times when they really protected me...if I were not well they would keep calling me time to time to ensure I was ok....Today they have all left for their jobs and I have absolutely no contact with them...But I miss them and like every raksha bandhan i will keep a rakhi aside for them and pray for their sucess...they came from nowhere and made a relation, an unbreakable bond of love....i miss you bhaiyas....truely and deeply....