Friendship Day 2021 Special
The exchange of gifts, greeting cards, bands, and parties is in trend, but due to the Covid19 spread, wish your friends the best by giving them ‘Jeene ki Raah’ book which is the most downloaded book.
Importance of Friends in Our Lives
Friends play a significant role in everyone’s life. Whenever we say this word, it makes us nostalgic about the person who stood by our side in our times of need. With whom we share our sorrows, happiness, in the company of whom our joy doubles and the one who halves our misery. It also reminds us of the popular motto on a friend: – “A friend in need is a friend indeed” which means, a true friend is always there for you, whenever you are in need.
International Friendship Day 2021: People of all age groups need friends, no matter if they are rich or poor. Everyone seeks the company of a person with whom they can share their heart and their life. Especially those who can understand them, help them, cheer them, and let them laugh, even at a time and condition when they normally can’t.
Having a friend is equally important as having a family. It is for this reason that they say – friends are the family whom we choose for ourselves. They remain with us during hardships and make us feel special. Even during childhood days and when we grow up, friends help us to understand and develop the habit of caring and sharing.
History of International Friendship Day
Friendship day is celebrated all over the world. Initially, it was proposed by the card making industry for their profits in 1958 in Paraguay, South America, as International Friendship Day to develop the feeling of fraternity and unity among the people of different regions. It was celebrated by exchanging greeting cards for the very first time originated by Joyce Hall, who was the founder of Hallmark cards.
Although, after some time when people realized that it was a mere profit scheme made by the card making industries, Americans’ interest in celebrating Friendship day ran out of steam. But by that time, Asian people had adopted it as a culture because of the impact of social media.
Friendship Day in India
Factually, on 27 April 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30th July as official International Friendship Day. Although in many countries like India, it is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of August every year ( it is 1st August 2021).
International Friendship Day 2021 Theme
The theme for the current year is “Sharing the human spirit through friendship.” Conceptualizing this particular day with a theme is yet another way through which we acknowledge and praise the peculiar bond of friendship. We will also let the readers know about how the blessings of a Real Friend make our life prosperous and peaceful.
Significance of International Friendship Day
Friendship day signifies the importance of harmonious and trustworthy friendships that ultimately bring friends close to each other. Although the idea of celebrating friendship day was proposed by the industrialists for their profits, basically it was a good idea as everyone should value their good friends. And now people celebrate this day as a day of camaraderie and honouring of all the loving friends who are precious in their lives.
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