Sunday was Friendship Day, and it seemed like a big deal in Bhubaneswar, although I couldn't quite figure out why or how people celebrated it. I spent the afternoon at a coffee shop called Share A Cup that was decorated with tons of balloons and had servers delivering individual cards that said "Happy Friendship Day."
Later in the evening a local radio station came by to host a special competition in honor of Friendship Day. Coffee-drinkers could compete for Mr or Miss Share A Cup. I usually love a good competition, but this one was a bit strange. The first task was to ask someone in the coffee shop to be your friend in a unique way. This resulted in a college-aged boy approaching my colleague and giving a sweet (yet awkward) speech about how she really had guts and how he wanted to be her friend. The radio mic in her face, she could do nothing else but accept his friendship.
Somehow I don't feel like this activity quite got at the heart of the holiday.
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