Some brothers will not wear anything that looks like a decoration. You know the type. The braid is the answer: a hand-braided cotton thread rakhi with quite a few knots and real seeds at its centre, quiet, sits on the wrist like it was always there, engineered to survive both the gym and the group photo.

The plantable part hides in plain sight, a seed paper element carrying real seeds, plus a full seed paper greeting card and roli chawal...

Some brothers will not wear anything that looks like a decoration. You know the type. The braid is the answer: a hand-braided cotton thread rakhi with quite a few knots and real seeds at its centre, quiet, sits on the wrist like it was always there, engineered to survive both the gym and the group photo.

The plantable part hides in plain sight, a seed paper element carrying real seeds, plus a full seed paper greeting card and roli chawal pockets in cotton marble paper for the ceremony itself.

When the festival ends, the paper pieces go to soil: soak overnight, plant in the coir pot provided, water with patience. They sprout into herbs, flowers or vegetables, depending on the batch.

Understated on the wrist. Overachieving in the ground.

Inside the kit: One hand-braided cotton thread rakhi with seed paper element, one seed paper greeting card, roli and chawal pockets in cotton handmade marble paper, one coir pot with lid, a cocopeat coin and a cow dung coin.

Materials: Cotton thread, upcycled cotton scrap seed paper, cotton marble paper, water-soluble ink, coir pot, cocopeat, cow dung coin. Handcrafted in Agra, solar-powered workshop.