Raksha Bandhan - Festival Of India

Raksha Bandhan (the bond of protection in Hindi and Panjabi) is a Hindu festival, which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated on the full moon of the month of Shraavana.



The festival is marked by the tying of a rakhi, or holy thread by the sister on the wrist of her brother. The elder brother in return offers a gift to his sister and vows to look after her same while an elder sister returns offers to her younger brother. The brother and sister traditionally feed each other sweets. It is not necessary that the rakhi can be given only to a brother by birth; any male can be "adopted" as a brother by tying a rakhi on the person, that is "blood brothers and sisters", whether they are cousins or a good friend. Indian history is replete with women asking for protection, through rakhi, from men who were neither their brothers, nor Hindus themselves. In 16th century, Rani Karnavati of Chittor sent a rakhi to the Mughal Emperor Humayun when she was threatened by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Humayun abandoned an ongoing military campaign to ride to her rescue.



The rakhi may also be tied on other special occasions to show solidarity and kinship (not necessarily only among brothers and sisters), as was done during the Indian independence movement.

Saina Nehwal Wins Indonesian Open - Badminton - Creates History .

Ace woman shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over No 1 ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta. Nehwal took the women's singles crown by beating Wang 12-21, 21-18, 21-9 to take the title . Saina is ranked eighth in the world and was seeded sixth in the tournament.

Hailing Saina's victory as an important milestone in Indian badminton, Badminton Association of India [BAI] announced a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh as a recognition of her feat. Saina you made Indians proud to be right on the top of World.

1..2..3...Start Blaming

India lost to England in a super 8 match of ICC WORLD T-20 2009 match, and the quest championship is over. Thus it's time for BLAME GAME =)) .

So here are some points ( blames ) :-
1> Why didn't Dhoni shaved as he know it was a crucial match . :D
2> Why Kevin Pieterson was in a good form . :-P
3> Why was Yusuf Pathan chewing a chewing-gum . He lost his energy in that . Ha ha
4> Dark Colour of Indian dress was reflecting negative energy . eh..he
5> Why was I wearing a blue jeans . LoL
6> What was Arun Jaitley & Deepika Padukone doing at Lords. They only distracted Ravindra Jadeja. He...He

if u hav any more points plz feel free to post in comment.