Editor’s Note: #Behenhood Is A Shoutout To The Girls Who ALWAYS Have Our Backs!
Welcome to our sisterhood!
Friendship Day is here, and Raksha Bandhan is just a few days away. Growing up, women were taught to pull other women down and never to be a girl’s girl, but we’ve all taught ourselves to be there for each other and unlearned conditioning. In a world that says sister-code is not a thing, we’ve made sisterhood a movement. This is why we at Hauterrfly decided to celebrate sisterhood. This Friendship Day and Raksha Bandhan, we’re celebrating #Behenhood because it has changed our world for the better.
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We don’t tie rakhis but still turn protectors and cheerleaders to strangers in nightclub bathrooms, hype our babygirls when they try on that dress that they think isn’t made for their body types, and snap a picture of the autorickshaw our girlie is traveling in and ask her to share her live location and text us when she’s home safe! Our #Behenhood is a love language in itself. We care about our girlfriends more than their boyfriends, enough to set the bar high (if he won’t do it for her, her girlfriend will).
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NGL, but if I got a rupee for every time I saved another woman from a creep or a toxic ex or from calling her ex or making a bad decision (I also support my girls in their bad decision,s but you know…), I’d be rich enough to be sipping champagne on a yacht in Santorini. And I’m sure most of you have also been that girl who saved another girl’s night (or her life). TBH, bring a girl’s girl may seem like a new “trend” but trust me, it’s not. It’s a full-time job because are you even a girl’s girl if you don’t investigate her new crush like he’s a white collar criminal? It’s funny how we have a sixth sense that tells us when our bestie is low, and that crazy quick reflex that kicks in when we see someone making another woman uncomfortable.
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Our #Behenhood is all about protecting our girls, being their partners in crime and wingwomen, handing them tissues when he ghosts, giving them that fake emergency phone call to escape that terrible date and giving them bad dating advice (or maybe good finance advice). And our #Behenhood does not need blood ties or even friendships. We’re there for each other even if we don’t know each other. So, let’s promise always to be the way we are and celebrate our #Behenhood and never let each other go to the bathroom alone (ever)!
With lots of love and sister solidarity,
Janvi Manchanda,
Managing Editor (And The One Who Will Always Have Your Back)
First Published: August 02, 2025 6:02 PM
