Friendship Day 2018: Youth shares their views on Friendship…

NP News Team

This Friendship Day which falls on the first Sunday of every August is now round the corner. This year, it falls on August 5 and every individual celebrates the spirit of friendship by tying friendship bands, giving friendship day cards or by gifting our beloved friends.

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The first World Friendship Day was proposed for July 30 in 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade. In 2011, the General Assembly of the United National declared July 30 as the official International Friendship Day. However, some countries including India celebrate this day on the first Sunday of August every year.

The Friendship Day is celebrated all over the world in several different ways but the reason everywhere is the same. People on this day buy friendship bands and tie them on their friend’s wrist to mark the sign of their true friendship. Lots of Friendship day themed gifts, cards and bands take over the market way before the friendship day weekend.

It is rightly said that a single candle can illuminate an entire room but a true friend lights up an entire life, this is all true when you have a friend who literally and genuinely cares for you. Friends are gems and they will love you the way you are. Basically, no strings attached.

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Mumbai based Assistant Manager, Javeed Mohammed says about his friendship with  Rahul, Kamal & Abhishek, “Real friends don’t get offended when you insult. They smile and say something more offensive.”

Rafique Pathan, Pune based Product Manager in Media & Entertainment says about his friendship with Shailesh Gurav, Akshay Kolate, Rajlaxmi Jadhav, Vaishnavi Pathrudkar, and Vasundhara, “Friendship means each & every second I spend with my buddies & those beautiful memories which we create in our heart ❤”

Suraj Karkute says about his friendship with Ruturaj Pisal, Rishi Agarwal & Mahtab Khan, “Friendship can’t be bounded to a single day, every day is a friendship day. A single day cannot define friendship… If I have to celebrate this day.. I would go on an outing with my friends.”

Anisha Nandedkar (German Language Expert) says, “Friend who has stayed through all the messy ups and downs. are the real friends. Friend should never let time or distance make a difference in the bond that they share. My friends will be the cool aunt/uncle to my kids. My friends will be the one my family vacations with. And, they will still be the one that I go on night drives with as we scream the lyrics to our favourite songs.”

Sourabh Badade Owner of Shrinath Tea House said about his friendship with Rohan Chandgude, Jaywant Bhargude, Rupesh Bondge and Omkar Jadhav, that their friendship is for lifetime and these people will be there in all my ups and downs. ”

Tanvi Joshi says about her friendship with Aishwarya Saraf, Shruti Ganeshan, Disha Trivedi & Mrinal Kale, “It is to me like the hug of a warm blanket with a familiar scent, on a cold night. All ease, over and out. Friendship to me is about finding comfort outside of the family. In a friendship Secrets are shared, mistakes are made and even forgiven. Friendship also symbolises understanding. they are the ones cry withand laugh with.”   

“To study we come from different cities to Pune, I never thought that I would be comfortable in this new city but then I found these guys and my journey in Pune became easy. Because of these people, Pune feels like my second home,” said Prashant Shinde about his friendship with Sandip, Vipul and Shekhar.

Television Actor Karan Sharma, who has worked in many daily soaps which includes Pyaar Ka Bandhan, Yeh Hai Aashiqui and Pavitra Rishta, says, “Friendship is a bond for life. We don’t get to choose our family but we get the privilege to choose our friends. I have been very fortunate that all my friends are standing with me in my ups and downs and with my happiness and sorrows. They have been a source of guidance and happiness in my life. So for me, friendship is life ?.”

“Gulshan, Pallavi, Amla, Nitiksha, Sheelu are my friends from college, we only know each other for a year but the bond and connection we share is something really awesome, we will be together after the college as well and make sure that our friendship will stay strong, ” said Gaurav from MIT.

We met each other 15 years back in the school when we couldn’t even grow the beard and now we are still there sharing those special moments in our lives said Aniket about his friendship with his schoolmates Akash, Ajinkya, Shubhum, Omkar and Baapu

“The amount of time we spent together is more than the time we spend with our family. I have memories with him from 1st Standard to Post Graduation. he knows about my 1st heartbreak to my latest crush. We just can’t stay away from each other. in our group we are the definition of friendship. We love each other than more than we would ever love anyone. our friendship is “Then Now Forever”, said Rohan Kature about his 18 years friendship with Akash.

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Friendship bands have been replaced with fashionable gifts and rings. As the friendship day falls on Sunday, college students and youngsters prefer to go on outing rather than limiting their friendship day celebration to friendship day bands. Though friendship bands are not completely left the market, it has still got charm and excitement among school going students.

The history of friendship day bands dates back to the 4th Century BC. It also is related to the thing called Friendship Bracelets which have a very rich tradition behind them. Long back, one friend tied a friendship bracelet to the other and one would make a wish. It had to be worn until it wears off. Only then the wish was said to be fulfilled.

Many trekking websites have organised special events in Pune for August 4 and 5, few of them includes Bhorgiri to Bhimashankar Trek which basically is a Jungle Trek. Few of the activities includes Muffin Workshops on this day. Pool party, Sunday Dive for Friendship Day has been organised at few places. Singers and artists have also organised their shows in Pune as it attracts the huge crowd of colleges and ITs. Sanam’s VIRSAA event has also been organised in association with NP NEWS 24 on 5 August when the Friendship Day falls.

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It is believed that the Joyce Hall, the Hallmark director brought up this idea for the business purposes, but this day eventually turned up into a day of making friends feel special. Much credit is given to the internet for the spread of friendship day. People started celebrating and wishing their friends on this day through the means of internet.