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How to choose a rakhi your brother will actually keep
Every year, millions of rakhis are bought and tied and then quietly put in a drawer after Raksha Bandhan is over. This is not because brothers do not cherish the gesture. It is because most rakhis are not made to last. Synthetic thread that frays within days. Centre stones glued rather than set. Plastic beads…
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The rakhi my sister made me from 2,000 miles away
There is a box that arrives at my door every year, a few weeks before Raksha Bandhan. It is never very big. It does not need to be. Inside, wrapped in ivory tissue and packed more carefully than anything I have ever posted in my life, is a rakhi made by my sister Dhara —…