Rakshabandhan celebrates the bond of a brother and sister’s love.
2020 has been a year of distress, devastation and disease. People all over the world have suffered emotionally and financially. And this doesn’t seem to end for most of us.
But at the onset of the festivals in my country, a brazen thought came to my mind.
On that note, here is an idea for the most memorable gift, this Rakhi 🙂
Albeit you will find a plethora of DIY Rakhis, Rakhi cards, recipes and what not, and there is no reason you should ditch the traditional gifts. But alongside that, why not consider gifting a course to enhance their skills.
If your sister always wanted to learn French, isn’t this the best time when you can gift her a course that helps her learn a new language
Or if your brother wanted to learn coding, this is the prefect time because there is less pressure from school and no extra curricular activity, whatsoever!
Thankfully we are living in times where there is a lot of time to acquire new skills, so why shouldn’t you give your sister that piano course she always wanted to do!
Who knows what the future holds for us, we are living in a world of uncertainty, so setting an example by not wasting resources rather utilising every penny towards a good cause, isn’t that the right thing to do.
Never again will your sibling have this kind of time to invest in learning, when normal life resumes, we will all go back to the hustle and bustle.
So check out these links, look out for what your sibling loves, where their passion lies, what they need, and enrol them to an online course, this Rakshabandhan!
For the younger siblings
ABC Mouse.com https://www.abcmouse.com/
Ted Ed https://ed.ted.com/
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/
Exploratorium https://www.exploratorium.edu/
Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/
Starfall https://www.starfall.com/h/
Virtual Storytime for kids https://www.storylineonline.net/
Get Epic https://www.getepic.com/
For older Siblings
Udemy https://www.udemy.com/
British Council https://www.britishcouncil.in/
Ed X https://www.edx.org/
Future learn https://www.futurelearn.com/
Coursera https://www.coursera.org/
Harvard University https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/
Codecademy https://www.codecademy.com/
Most of these sites offer a free course with a paid certificate, if you are short of budget you can opt just for the course and get a certificate sometime later!
You can also go for the free trial that many apps and sites offer!
This list has been curated after hours of research, but you can still do some research of your own.
And do share here if you come across or already know of any online learning platform that is as amazing as the ones I mentioned above.
P.S If you want to gift something tangible along with this, then go for the Phone/PC Eyeglasses for protection from over exposure to the screen
https://www.lenskart.com/cms-blu-smartphone-lenses
(This is not a promotional post. The products and websites mentioned have been found to be genuine and of value)
Wish you all a very happy rakshabandhan!
Love and learning 🙂
