US President Donald Trump to get rakhis from women of remote Haryana village (gifts from India)

Hindustan Times ^ | Aug 06, 2017

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US President Donald Trump to get rakhis from women of remote Haryana village

People from Marora village in Haryana’s Mewat region will send 1,001 rakhis to US President Donald Trump.

INDIA Updated: Aug 06, 2017 12:04 IST
Press Trust of India, Gurgaon



Trump rakhis made by villagers of Marora village ahead of Raksha Bandhan in honour of US President Donald Trump.(PTI)

He may have not heard of Rakhi, but women and girls of a remote Muslim-majority village symbolically named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him 1,001 rakhis on the Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond.

The gesture by the residents of Marora village in the backward Mewat region represents the “wish of the people that ties are further strengthened between India and the US”, says the NGO which has adopted the village.

The village had come into limelight after Sulabh International Social Service Organisation (SISSO) chief Bindeshwar Pathak had announced to name it ‘Trump’s village’.


Muslim girls from Marora village show their Trump Rakhis ahead of Raksha Bandhan. (PTI)

The district administration later said the move to rename the village was “illegal”, forcing the organisation to remove boards mentioning the new name.

The village, with a population of 1,800 people, is in Punhana Tehshil, some 60 km from Gurgaon.

“The NGO has been conducting many welfare programs for women and girls in the village,” said Monica Jain, vice president of the NGO.

“These students have made 1,001 rakhis with photos of Donald Trump and 501 rakhis for Narendra Modi. Women and girls of the village consider them their elder brothers,” she said.

The consignment of rakhis was sent through cargo so that it reaches the US President on Raksha Bandhan on August 7. The villagers are also sending invitations to the two leaders to visit the village.

Widows of the village also expressed a desire to meet Prime Minister Modi on Raksha Bandhan at his residence in the national capital and tie rakhis.

“I made 150 rakhis within three days for Trump bhaiya. I also wrote in a letter to be sent to the White House that the girls of your village want you to visit it with PM Modi,” said 15-year-old Rekha Rani, a resident of the village.

Sulabh recently constructed 95 toilets in Marora to implement Prime Minister Modi’s flagship programme to make every village in the country open defecation free.

The village has 140 houses and only 45 of them were equipped with toilet facility. Sulabh constructed the remaining 95 toilets, Jain said.

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I guess they like Trump better than GOPe backstabbers.

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Doklam effect: Hadauti traders not selling Chinese rakhis this year

Updated: Aug 06, 2017 19:26 IST

Aabshar H Quazi
Hindustan Times



Women choose rakhi on the eve of Rakshabandhan in Jaipur on Sunday.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

The impact of ongoing tension between India and China over the Doklam issue can be seen on the sale of Chinese rakhis in Hadauti region. This year, the traders selling rakhis for the festival of Rakshabandhan in the region are not selling China-made rakhis.

Lalit Mohan Khandelwal, president of the Baran Vyapar Mahasangh, an organisation of traders in Baran district, said the mahasangh had appealed to the wholesale and retail traders to boycott the business of Chinese rakhis on Rakshabandhan in protest against the China’s imperialistic policies and its support to the Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India.

“On the call of Baran Vyapar Mahasangh, traders are boycotting Chinese products, particularly Chinese rakhi, in Baran on the Rakshabandhi festival this year,” he said.

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This is good to read. There are many in India who support what The Donald represents. They are ready to stand with us against terror. The fact that they are also Muslim is helpful too. Gives one hope that some Muslims can and do assimilate, with great enthusiasm.

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Sulabh recently constructed 95 toilets in Marora to implement Prime Minister Modi’s flagship programme to make every village in the country open defecation free.

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Perhaps PM Modi might consider making San Francisco a “sister city”—help bring it up to Indian standards of sanitation.

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Thank you, girls of Marona! You are beautiful!