The Threads of Love, Care & Bonding
I generally miss my cousins most days of the year – it is hard not to, we have practically grown up together. But never more so than on Rakhi – the day that is officially meant to celebrate the bonds between a brother & a sister. I am an only child. But I never did feel the absence of a sibling. My cousins more than made up for it. Our families are very close. So our childhood was generally spent together in numerous functions, during festivals, family trips & of course all vacations. We have spent entire summers together – playing out the whole day, going for plays, being taken to parks or to shop for toys, staying awake at night gossiping, going for summer camps – around a month of chaos, madness, playing, fighting, laughing & crying. And then we grew up. Tuitions & summer schools took place of our joy of summer vacations. And as we got into college, different priorities, entrances, exams turned our lives upside down. Time together dropped. But we always did find ...