“shorger dhwani, morter jogar, na jaiyo bhai yamduar,
Bhaier kopale dilam phota, yamduare porlo kanta,
yamuna dei yam ke phota ami di aamar bhai ke phota.”
Remember this shloka, you generally don’t keep it in mind the whole year but a very particular day you recall and utter it for the very special person your life. Your brother, who protects you from all the evil! This day all Bengali girls rather all girls in India becomes obedient to their quarrelsome brother-c’mon everyone loves their Dennis the menace after all, and all the calmness comes from an assurance that you are about to hit the jackpot of gifts.
Bhai phota or bhatri dwitiya is a festival which is celebrated in the last day of the five-day-long Deepavali festival. It is another version of Rakhi festival with the reverse notion. It is believed that bhai phota is the auspicious occasion when Bengali sisters take an oath to protect their brother from yamraj, the deity of death.
Ladies, if you are complaining why don’t you get the same occasion, let us tell you to mark the day, you can add another day to your list when you can celebrate, your empowered self. Be a wonder woman and show your brother that his sister is the only person who can save him from death, the ultimate.
Bhatri Dwitiya-r-Subhechha!
