"A friend in need is a friend indeed"

Friendship is a special bond which never dies but is felt. International Friendship Day was created to promote friendship and fellowship among all human beings, regardless of their race, color or religion. Friends play a vital role in life when required. That is why it is said that "A friend in need is a friend Indeed".

The first World Friendship Day was proposed back in 1958. In the past, official Friendship Day observations have been held on different dates in different countries, however in 2011 the United Nations declared that the 30th of July would be the official International Friendship Day going forward even though a few countries in Asia still celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday in August every year like this year it is on 6th of August. 

The holiday was largely forgotten until several countries in Asia later adopted it and kept it alive until the UN declaration in 2011. The revival of interest in Friendship Day in Asia appears to have been driven by the rise of the Internet in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia where the rapid proliferation of personal computers and mobile phones made it much easier to get in touch with old friends. Today the holiday is marked in South Asia with the exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards and jewelry. In Asia and parts of South America today, friends acknowledge each other with exchanges of “friendship bands” that have become a tradition in places like India, Nepal and Paraguay.

The Indo-China relation or Indo-Pak relation is always a puzzle which has no solution yet. Pakistan, once a part of India never tries to resolve nor China but only make pseudo promises. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is just an indirect game game by china to limit India from growth. China and India, the two most populous countries are neither friends nor good enemies too. China, which has made its base in the mobile industry in India since years now is still planning to acquire some of the north-east states like Sikkim, or even the China Occupied Kashmir etc and and same thing Pakistan is doing to acquire Kashmir. Yet the solution is not boycotting chineese goods but encouraging Make in India and trade it in China and World will be a perfect answer to them and there should be new directions in foreign policy towards China. The United States may not be the best friend of India but not the worst also.

The cause of promoting friendship and fellowship among all human beings, regardless of their race, color or religion is always a good idea, no matter what day the calendar might say it is. True friendship is like a sound health. The value of it is seldom known until it is lost.