Bollywood debutante and former beauty queen Manushi Chhillar has revealed that her parents Neelam and Mitra Basu Chhillar never told her sister Dewangana and her that Raksha Bandhan was about women seeking protection from their brothers.

She says this made the two young girls of the family forward thinking individuals as Raksha Bandhan, in their household, has always been celebrated as a day where all the siblings wished happiness for each other. Manushi said: "Our parents never told Dewangana and me that Raksha Bandhan was about our brother taking care of us for life and protecting us. They told us that Raksha Bandhan was all about all of us vowing to be beside each other through ups and downs."