RAKSHA BANDHAN.

Chaitra was all excited to tie the rakhi on her little brother's wrist on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan. A cute teddy bear rakhi was personally selected by her along with the aarti thaali and the customary sweets. Prithvy is only 5 months old , but was pretty excited to see his sister all decked up for the occasion. He was waving his arms and cycling his legs to show his happiness. The rakhi was tied on his small wrist and kisses were exchanged. Chaitra was keen to feed him the sweet but was restrained by my stern look at her. Prithvy held on to the teddy bear in his palm, tightly and soon slept off with a smile on his face.
It was a happy day for us.
Chaitra loves her little Prithvy a lot.
I remember her tears when our ayah massaged Prithvy with olive oil, she ran to her room and started to sob telling us to instruct the ayah to be gentle with him. Next day onwards, she used to personally supervise over the ayah during massage time. Also, during the bathing time she used to sit on a small stool in the bathroom keeping a strict watch over the ayah.
His care and safety was paramount to her, all the time.
She will tell us bluntly to avoid kissing Prithvy on the cheeks as our lips carry germs and may cause infection. This rule, strangely is not applicable to her! If I'm wearing perfume, she won't let me near him, for the fear of allergy. Sterilium,a hand sanitiser is generously dispensed by her to people who want to hold Prithvy in their arms. She is his official body-guard! The volume on my music system is limited by her so as to not disturb his sleep. She even rocks his cradle, singing sweet lullabies in her loud lilting voice. All his vaccinations were under her supervision and attendance, instructing the doctor to be careful with the needle and real slow. Of course, the driver was also berated once by her for driving over a pot-hole roughly, when Prithvy was in the car.
She is protecting him round the clock and will continue to do so.
Everyday is a Raksha Bandhan for Chaitra and Prithvy.
The rakhi, tied once a year is just a symbol.