The Bond of Guardianship

NOH, this is not the name of some upcoming cheesy MMO game. But if you wanna put it that way, lets call it a quest. A quest that gives you lots of presents, gifts and sweets if you are a girl. But if you are a boy, all you get is a girlie piece of wrist jewelry that, by social convention, you have to wear till it 'majikally' comes off.

Back in the day when India was respected for its spicy recipes and gold, people were so sick of their entertainment deprived lives that all they wanted to do was PARTYYYYYYYYYY!!! They were all bored and had nothing much to do back then and partying required booze which was, and still is, considered to be a bad thing! Hence using their oh-so-awesome brains created an ingenious contraption! They called it FESTIVALS!

No matter when you come to India, there are always some kind of festivals going around the previous or next week. What really matters is who takes which festival how seriously? So it all depends in what part of India has your ship landed.

Today, we focus our night vision on the traditional Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan. (I know, 'The Bond of Guardianship' sounds SO much cooler but they insisted that I stick to the traditional name) So lets begin!

Quest Details
The Bond of Guardianship quest symbolizes that the brother will protect his sister from any obstacles that she may have to face in life. This contract is symbolized by the sister tying a 'Rakhi' to her brother's wrist (not to be confused with the beloved celebrity Rakhi Sawant)

Quest Task
The brother and sister and supposed to meet, often surrounded by parents to avoid 'friendly sibling conversation' and drive the conversation into the 'how pathetic your academic life is compared to my awesome one' section. After the humiliating conversation, (humiliating for your sibling if you fare better than them in school/college) starts the ritual.

The ritual has weird stuff that include, the sister rotating a tiny flame threatening to burn the brother alive if his gift is not good enough. (no, its not a candle and no one blows it out at the end) Then adding to the count of hungry, food deprived people, the sister puts hell lot of grains of rice into the brother's hair. Now the sister ties the Rakhi (the thread, not the celebrity) on the brother's wrist. After all this degradation, comes the fun part where the brother and sister get to stuff each other with sweets.


Quest Rewards
?? exp points
?? cash rewards
other rewards -
for guys - an embarrassing wrist jewelry, rice in their hair that can double up as dinner
for girls - expensive presents, the sweets, extra cash rewards from filthy rich relatives

[Facts -
1 - According to common observations, most of the 'obstacles in life' that a common Indian girl faces are BECAUSE of her brother
2 - Technically, the brother offers to guard his sister SO the sister must offer him gifts and presents but instead, its the brother who has to go through the trouble of getting the right gift for his sister (<<< sexist and unfair)
3 - Guys have to go through the embarrassment of wearing the feminine jewelry for the next couple of days until it 'majikally' comes off. Till date, no one has managed to figure out how this mumbo jumbo happens. But it happens!]


All in all, a very happy Raksha Bandhan to you! And remember, love your siblings Xp

Nem, signing off XD

PS - If this article made you angry, it wasn't meant for you in the first place! Why did you read this garbage anyways?

How I still haven't met their mother yet...

It all began when a friend of mine was looking for this series called 'How I met your mother'. Now unless you have the most pious minds on planet, the name of the series does sound kind of suspicious in an adult way! But its not. In fact, its a father telling his kids how he met their mother; this explains the title in a very innocent way. But that doesn't mean you can see it with your family either.
 
The two things that have kept me glued to this series are, the character Barney and the mystery surrounding the mom of those kids/wife of the narrator. The typical series with couples and lovey ups and downs yet with a slight twist introduced due to the fact that the dad's telling the story to his kids.

Insane depictions are the funniest ones, though! Specially when the porn tape 'accidentally' goes in the VCR or how he and his friend used to 'eat a sandwich' (smoke) in college. Totally hilarious! XD

But after a week of continuous watching, its got me wondering how many hours I spent on it? To be honest, I don't want to count those. I wont say its a must watch series but do see it if you have the time and interest for the genre.

That's all for now,
Nem, signing off :P

[ps - five seasons down the drain and I still haven't seen the highly anticipated character - the kids' mother]