The festive season is upon us and we noticed actor Pooja Gor on the bustling streets of Goregaon, Mumbai, searching for Rakhis and sweets for her brother, Naman.
Pooja loves to buy festive events and checks out the native markets usually — be it in Mumbai or her dwelling city Ahmedabad. “I like the truth that you might have so many choices and you discover all the things at one place,” says the actor, including the hustle bustle out there provides to the festive fervour. “There are a number of retailers for Rakhi purchasing with so many designs. And it’s at all times good to buy regionally. The colorful Rakhis are so eye-catching and every year there are the same old ones, with beads and threads after which there are designs that go viral. Like this yr, I see a whole lot of evil eye rakhis out there,” she states.
From hand-crafted sweets to 14 cousins in Ahmedabad, Raksha bandhan is at all times about enjoyable with fam. Not simply receiving items from her brother, she, too, offers Naman items on Rakhi. “Raksha bandhan in Ahmedabad is way extra enjoyable as I get a whole lot of items and cash. My cousins write stunning messages to me with items which I cherish. Once we had been youthful, items would usually be tender toys, jewelry or clothes. In actual fact, Naman and I each get one another items for Raksha bandhan. Final yr, I acquired him a Ps recreation and this yr, as he’s into studying, I’ve purchased him some non-fiction books.”
Speaking in regards to the relationship she shares along with her brother, she admits that “Naman and I are like ordinary siblings”. “We don’t say I like you [all the time] however find yourself pulling one another’s leg usually. This yr, I’ll go to Ahmedabad for Rakhi with Naman. She remembers celebrating the pageant throughout the pandemic made her realise, “how vital household actually is. I feel, the takeaway for everybody was loving your loved ones and significance of shut bonds.”
Any pageant is incomplete with out sweets and shopping for freshly made mithai is a bonus for Pooja “as nothing tastes higher than recent mithai”. “In actual fact, a number of candy distributors experiment and put together completely different sorts of mithai — be it creative moulds for barfis or a brand new flavour combo- which is at all times interesting. It’s at all times good to go to markets the place you might have tons of choices,” she says, including, “I like consuming Doodh Pak, Mohan Thal and Sukhdi, a gur papdi candy, which is important for us on rakhi and wholesome too as it’s made from gur not sugar.”
Any pageant is incomplete with out sweets and shopping for freshly made mithai is a bonus for Pooja “as nothing tastes higher than recent mithai”. “In actual fact, a number of candy distributors experiment and put together completely different sorts of mithai — be it creative moulds for barfis or a brand new flavour combo — which is at all times interesting. It’s at all times good to go to markets the place you might have tons of choices,” she says, including, “I like consuming Doodh Pak, Mohan Thal and Sukhdi, a gur papdi candy, which is important for us on Rakhi and wholesome too as it’s made from gur.”
