Seema wondered how those years in her childhood had passed off so fast. Born to a couple in the heart of rural Bengal she grew with the wind in her hair and a song in her heart her one constant friend being, her twin. She loved dressing her twin with her own clothes. They even fell ill together. She often wore grass bangles to adorn her sibling’s wrists for she loved tying rakhi around her brother’s wrist. Their father was on a job which entailed a lot of travelling. The children led unspoilt lives with a lot of care. The spirit of adventure had always enthralled Seema so she had settled in the USA post her marriage to a businessman.
Today as a new bride, a USA citizen in New York, she was in a different phase of life but she craved for that childhood companion again, for it would be her first Rakhi without her twin brother. This year she would send him an Om rakhi from Rakhi Bazaar and a stone studded silver rakhi for his dear wife as a Lumba Rakhi . While chatting online with a friend, Seema learnt about and hit upon the idea of sending a Rakhi to India from the USA.
Rakhi Bazaar would efficiently deliver her gifts and she also chose to send him kaju katlis which he loved. Her brother a software engineer is settled in Tampa but is on an offshore assignment to Bangalore. And shehad just received a mail from him saying that this year he would not be able to come to New York for the rakhi celebration. Even her cousin Anirudh settled in Kolkata would not be able to come. This news left her sad and disappointed.
She was just wondering around whose wrist she would be tying the rakhi this year, when she received a mail from another cousin Aniket, settled in Toronto who wrote to her saying that against all odds he would be coming to New York along with his family for the festival and he definitely wanted Seema to be around. Her joy knew no bounds as she headed home to finish off her daily chores and begin with the preparations.
To Kolkata a diamond rakhi would be sent along with dry fruits for Anirudh. Monday morning, she had purchased a few rakhis and combo gifts from the most sought after online gift store, rakhibazaar.com to send rakhi to India from USA . This store has one of the largest range of decorative rakhis available. For Aniket, she bought a fancy pair of rakhi which had two rakhis, a good combo for him and his wife.
For convenience, Seema ordered some dry fruits and chocolates too online as she was in a busy schedule and physical buying was time consuming.She would need this for preparing her savouries as well. Rakhi Bazaar had laddoos, gulabjamuns and rasgullas which were of top quality and taste.In fact she had received a beautiful golden bracelet from her brother the year before also from this online store which she still cherished.
Rakhi Bazaar 