A
brother is someone who's your best
friend; he's someone who loves and expects
nothing in return, someone you can look
up to and is there to lend a shoulder to
cry on. Raksha means protection and
bandhan means a bond and having a
brother is indeed a special feeling because
you have someone to guide and protect you
without having to say too much. But one
wonders what happens to actors who don't
have a real brother…Do they miss having
a brother or are they content having a Rakhi
brother instead?
Kavita Shyam spoke to a few actors
who don't have brothers and what Rakhsha
Bandhan means to them.
For Monaz Raksha Bandhan meant
tying a rakhi to her dog Caesar - a tradition
the followed for 12 years as she does not
believe in making rakhi brothers,
especially in the industry.
Says Monaz: "I miss having a brother
as I am the only child in the family. I
would have loved to have an elder brother.
The last rakhi which I tied was on my dog's
neck; sadly he expired in February 2006.
Now I've put up the rakhi on my cupboard
handle which reminds me of him. I am going
to miss him terribly this year and I am
going to send a rakhi to my cousin brother
in Pune. "
Rucha Gujrathi ties a rakhi unfailingly
every year on her father's wrist and misses getting gifts from a brother and having
a brotherly figure around.
"But I don't have a problem as all
three of us sisters tie rakhi to
our dad and send rakhis to cousins
who live elsewhere. Rakhi is a bond
between two people and it means raksha
by a brother or whoever is close to
you and takes care of you. I had tied a
rakhi to Chetan Hansraj last year as he
would keep calling me his little sister
so I thought I must tie him a rakhi."
Sai Deodhar is the only child of
her parents and misses having a sibling.
She ends up tying rakhi to her innumerable
cousins in Pune.
She explains: "I have lots of cousins
in Pune who are equally close to me. On
rakhi it's nice to meet up all my
cousins and we catch up on old times. I've
been tying one to my father and my grandfather
for a long time now. A brother to me is
neither a father nor a friend but somewhere
in between who would guide me and it's a
great feeling to have a brother. I remember
on my wedding day I saw all fifteen of my
brothers standing near me which was an awesome
feeling.
"Snigdha Akolkar has rakhi brothers in Akola, Pune and Mumbai and ties rakhi to Nasir from the industry. Says she: "For me rakhi means having someone who does my raksha. So I've tied rakhi to my brother-in-law besides a female friend who has been very protective about me. Also in future I can tie a rakhi to my husband as well for he's someone who will take care of me. Thank god I've no real brothers as they would have ended up bashing up all the guys who'd follow me in college as all my rakhi brothers are very possessive about me. "
And as far as Tassnim Nerurkar is
concerned she also has a few rakhi brothers
and shares a special bond with actor Anuj
Saxena as she considers him her elder brother.
Says she: "I've lots of rakhi brothers
and I have already tied rakhi to
one of them as he was going out of town.
On Raksha Bandhan I will be shooting
and thereafter I'll be going to meet up
my rakhi brothers. For me it's a
kacha dhaga which is a lifelong relationship
of responsibility and this is definitely
a special bond."
