Raksha Bandhan: From PM Modi to Smriti Irani, how politicos celebrated the festival

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PM Narendra Modi celebrates Raksha Bandhan with school children in Delhi (ANI photo)

President Pranab Mukherjee received Rakhis from school children at the Rashtrapati Bhawan (Facebook)

"The festival of Rakhi stands for the eternal bond of love and trust that brothers and sisters share," wrote Pranab Mukherjee on Twitter

Home Minister Rajnath Singh celebrates Raksha Bandhan at his residence in New Delhi (ANI photo)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wished everyone on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav)

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani ties a Rakhi on the wrist of an Army jawan at Siachen base camp. (ANI Photo)

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar celebrated Raksha Bandhan by receiving rakhis and distributing gifts among students (Twitter)

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrates Raksha Bandhan by tying a Rakhi to a Peepal tree at his residence in Bihar (Twitter)

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani celebrates Raksha Bandhan with his predecessor and fellow BJP leader Anandiben Patel, whom he described as a "source of inspiration for several years." (Twitter)

A Muslim woman tying a Rakhi on the wrist of Rupani on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan (Twitter)

Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik celebrating Raksha Bandhan at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow on Thursday. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav)

BJP MP and cine star Shatrughan Sinha"s sister offers sweets to after tying Rakhi on his wrist on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Patna on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

Union Minister of Water Resources Uma Bharati offers sweets after tying rakhi to CRPF officers during Raksha Bandhan celebration at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) unit in Nagpur on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

Union Minister Sushma Swaraj tying rakhi to I & B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Raksha Bandhan in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI Photo/ Twitter)

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar"s sister tying Rakhi on his wrist at his residence on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Patna on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

BJP MLA Angurlata Deka ties rakhi on Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal"s wrist on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan in Guwahati on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

chool children tie Raskhi to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on occasion of Raksha Bandhan in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

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Prasoon Joshi"s beautiful Raksha Bandhan poem on a sister"s love will give you goosebumps

Modi Cabinet celebrating Raksha Bandhan in a unique style
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published:August 18, 2016 8:37 pm Prasoon Joshi pens a beutiful poem on Raksha Bandhan, and sends across an important message. (Source: Facebook)

Raksha Bandhan celebrates the sacred bond of siblings, with the brother getting a rakhi tied on his hand as a symbol of ensuring his sisters safety from all evil. Centred around this auspicious festival, renowned lyricist and ad man Prasoon Joshi has written a poem on sisters, sharing it on his Facebook page.

She, who might be younger to you in age, but cares for you no less than a parent.She, who leaves the door quietly open when she knows you are coming in late. She, who only smiles dismissing what you are saying, knowing very well that they are lies.

Joshi pays a tribute to all the sisters across the world on Raksha Bandhan through his heart-touching poem.

Written in Hindi, the poem talks about how a sister does those little things that show just how much she loves you. Her acts of kindness show how big her heart is. Yet, on Raksha Bandhan, Prasoon writes, the brother becomes the more responsible, the elderone, because of the sense of responsibility that is imbibed into him by the simple tin thread of the rakhi she ties on his wrist. Yet, thats only for a moment

Prasoon reminds us how the sister through her acts of love will remain the elder one, even if shemight beyoungerin age.

Heres the Facebook post titled Raksha Bandhan poem by Prasoon Joshi.

Tell us what you think about the renowned screenwriters poem.

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