THREAD FOR BROTHER: A woman looks at ‘rakhis’ at a wholesale store in Mumbai on Monday ahead of Raksha Bandhan festival. The annual festival of Raksha Bandhan, which commemorates the abiding ties between siblings of opposite sex, is marked by a simple ceremony in which a woman ties a rakhi, which may be a colourful thread, a simple bracelet, or a decorative string, around the wrist of her brother. — AFP