Friday, August 19

Rakhi...Gift....

He was speeding on his bike. It was heavy traffic in the roads. That’s when he loves to speed. He get a kind of ecstasy while overtaking a speeding car through his left side and cut another vehicle from the right giving a hiccup to the driver coming from the opposite side. It was around six when he left to meet a friend.

He was enjoying his ride and watching all the girls out there in the streets. I wondered as if what happened today, streets are filled with voluptuous females. Glanced to the crowded shops where whole gamut of females of all age was there. He wondered whether it’s ‘Upto-50%-Discount-Sale’ going on all shops. Suddenly he saw, in between all the females, whole range of ‘Rakhi’ dangling in front of the shops. He suddenly applied brakes and the vehicle came to a halt. Oh! It’s tomorrow. ‘Raksha bandhan.’ Didn’t get any gifts for sisters, he thought.

Checked his wallet. Found only two Gandhi papers written hundred on them. Without a second thought he raced to the nearby ATM, hoping to withdraw few more. Before he reached he could see a long queue coming out from the ATM building. Without a hiatus he joined the line. Everyone will be a brother of someone who forgot to get the gift; he tried to convince himself. By the time he entered the ATM it was seven. Poor soul of ATM. It might have been a worn out day for him. Got the cash and without a bye he hurried to ‘Archies.’

Cards, Oh no! It sucks. From ages when there were wishes they had these cards. My sisters will read it and poor card with all its golden, sentimental wordings; will find some place near the dustbin a week after. He went on searching for something else. Perfumes. No, already they got many of them. Soft toys. Uh! They are not kiddies to play with them. Nay! Not anything of that sort. Kept searching. Pens, show pieces, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, nose rings, watches; Gosh I am fed up, he thought. Came out from there. Explored ‘Hallmark’ shop and many others. Got more and more bemused.

Went to the sweet shop. It was well lit. Very crowded. Each and everyone busy buying something for their brother or sister. Some buying chocolates in bunch and some buying laddu’s. Some buying Barfi’s and yet some others buying dry fruits. Everyone busy selecting the best and packing it with blazing covers; He still stood standstill not knowing what to buy. They eat sweets everyday. What the hell exciting in it, he thought. Being not able to makeup a decision came back home. Kept on cogitating the whole night about the gift and slipped off into sleep.


Done with his daily chores he got ready to way to office. Suddenly he saw his sisters ready with their rakhi’s. Smiling at him, they came to him. He looked at them. Water drops were falling from their hair tips. They are well dressed and hold a plate on their palms. They were ready to do the rituals. His heart pounded like a horse being left for race. They tied their rakhi’s on his right hand. Everyone was looking them. The holy ritual of bonding themselves to each other. Brother assuring a life long protection of his sisters. But he was thinking something else. Gift! What will I give them? They didn’t ask anything. But still. He went and picked up his wallet. I will give them cash. Let them have anything they want. No, that’s escapism. Closed the wallet.

After some pleasantries and laughter he left for his office. The whole route he felt sad for not finding an appropriate gift for them. The whole hours in office he kept on thinking what to get for them. While he was doing work, when he was having his lunch, when he was talking to his colleagues, when his boss was ordering him, when he was having his tea break; he kept on thinking what to give?

He wanted to give them something, something that no other brother can give. He wanted to make them feel they are very wanted for him. He wanted to make them realize how much he cared about his sisters; he wanted to make them feel proud to get such a brother. For that all these, materialistic gifts are not proper. They can’t render the emotion he hold for them. Confused and more confused he went to some shop. After some time spending over there he left the shop with a huge cover in his hand. His face was not elated. This is not the gift he really wanted to gift them. This doesn’t depict the real love for them.

Oh good gracious! LOVE and CARE is very hard to convince.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Vinu,

Well writtn on rakhi day...Cool..
Read ur other blogs too..
Too busy to keep up with ur pace..

Carry on..
Amit

Zyenab said...

WOW !!!....amaizing post....
Loved the last line which says...

"LOVE and CARE is very hard to convince"

keep up the good work :)

Kroopa Shah (Kr00pz) said...

Yeah what you say is true!!

Keshi said...

~~Oh good gracious! LOVE and CARE is very hard to convince.

So true...but at the same time, real love and care do not need convincing through material gifts...

Keshi.

Vinz said...

@amit..
Hi amit,thanx a lot

@Gumnaam..

Thanx
Even i liked the last line..hehe

@Kroopa

Hmm..thnx

@keshi..

Very true to its core..There is no need to convince it with material gifts..But at times, on occasions i have seen it brings an amazing joy...

PuNeEt said...

hi Vinu...
Thanks for dropping by my blog :-)

Thats a very nice post...

I dont buy gifts for my sis... hard cash or cheque...
straight n simple...
let her buy whatever she wants...

I dont trust myself when it comes to selecting gifts for nebody... i need some1 to accompany...
;-)

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Another nice read :-) After a bit of a hiatus - am back catching up with your blog! It was so much of a deja vu reading your blog - how many times have I felt miserable not being able to find the right gift and in the end, not gifting anything at all! Hope I improve with time :-) But yeah, as many others had commented - these materialistic things hardly matter!

Vinz said...

@puneet..

Yeah ur way of gifting is very easy..And no more tensions of whether they will like or not...

@shyam..

Hi, after a long time..
True i agree its not materialistic.. But such gifts can bring wide smile and its worth..

messys musings said...

hehe vinu happens wth all i guess... buying a gift for someone is a pain if u dont know wat he/she wants... my hubbys bday is on wed... i went to shop for a gift today... came bak empty handed... urghhhhh ny ideas????

Mirage said...

Lol!! My bros never ever forget...actually they have my bhabhis to remind them na!! ;)

Dawn said...

:) I could just smile..its true...finding the right gift that is in my mind is so difficult at times..:) but when you really find it then...there is no further joy beyond that :) good post

cheers!

Keshi said...

yup it brings joy if given with true appreciation...

Keshi.

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