In a great gesture of solidarity with our soldiers, girl students and sisters from Bengal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, have sent thousands of Rakhis for the soldiers in Sikkim. These Rakhis are handmade by students. little children, especially girls, are sending wonderful Rakhis and greeting cards with sweet messages to the jawans at Sikkim and Siachen. Designs of a few greeting cards & Rakhis are attached with this mail.
These greeting cards were given to and Rakhis tied to the Jawans and officers in a Sikkim place on August 5.
A large number of Rakhis have been sent at the border posts to the jawans through army. Similar Rakhis have been sent to Siachin , leh Jawans also through a campaign under @Sisters4jawans initiated by Shri Tarun Vijay , President of Vidya Veerta Abhiyan and former MP, BJP.
The Gangtok Rakhi celebration was a great event led by Smt Shashi Agarwal ( Poorvanchal Kalyan Ashram ), Ms Supriya Baid, Vidya Bharati school teachers from Gangtok, girls from RSS inspired schools, and others who have specially come to Gangtok for Rakhi tying on our brave jawans' wrists as a gesture of sisterly support and prayers for their well being.
From Tamilnadu, where generally rakhi is not observed, thousands of students from Bharani Vidyalaya , Karur, led and guided by Principal Ram Subramanian, national coordinator of Students and Youth for Thiruvalluvar , inspired girl students to prepare Rakhis and 15 thousand Rakhis recd from them were sent to Siachin.
Air India carried these Rakhis to Bagdogra and leh as a courtesy to soldiers. Thank you sir.
Often it is the brother who is supposed to protect the sister on Rakhi, but this time sisters have taken the noble task of providing Raksha Kavach- the protective Shield to their brother jawans, said Mr Tarun Vijay, the programme initiator.