Anirvan Chatterjee on Nostr: This is lovely: "Over a century ago, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore reinterpreted ...

This is lovely: "Over a century ago, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore reinterpreted the festival to unite Hindus and Muslims during the 1905 Partition. In some communities in India, girls do offer Rakhis to sisters-in-law."

https://indiacurrents.com/rakhi-traditions-gender-stereotype-raksha-bandhan-sibling/