Dr Das, Don't you know he is Rajasthani from Jaipur? mm
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:33:17 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]; [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Assam] Kite Flying season in > Assam - Kite runner> > > Dear Umesh,> You straightway took me like HG Wells- > The Time Machine!!! Now I have to write in Axomiya english.> WE used to fly > kites in the months of Magh/Fagun.Pashowar loge loge... No special thread for > us, so we was using mothers Cherekir pora Ughat lagowa Gamochar mota xuta. On > competitions, we used to take out the juices of Ximalu tree and grind broken > glass pieces to make MANJA to apply in the thread.These are miles long and > the paper we used was Dainik Assam!!! Too heavy, but with Pachowa- all OK. A > long tail... with Kahimala aatha!!!! Uh- what a kite flying in the empty > fields.Once the thread is cut- we need to run for miles to bring it > back.These are the down memory lane.. a life with all mixed up kids.......And > one fine day I used to fly with AN-12,AN-32,IL 76,Dakota..... with uniform to > look for the kites from the sky!!!> Thanks lot for giving me my lost days-> > > Bikash da.> > > > umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi,> > > http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-to.kite21dec21,0,4653149.story> > > Saw the movie Kite Runner - about boys who fly and cut kites in Kabul. I > was wondering what is the kite flying season in Assam. I was in Kolkata in > summer and they had kite flying fest that day. In North India - winter sun is > best for kite flying. On Jan 14 there is the Makar Sankranti -and in Gujarat > and some parts of Rajasthan there is kite flying fest -where- like Kabul - > the kids each other's kites. > > Kite flying competitions are good way for > harmony. But I guess it is easier to fly kites where there is open area and > less trees and hills are the best or tall houses. On seeing the movie I felt > that kite flying might have come to India from the 'west' - Kabul perhaps. > Even in Jaipur the sport was popularized by the king who flew huge kites from > tthe palace and when they were high in the sky the ropes were cut off. The > kite makers are usually muslims (some) having origins in Kabul etc.> In my > family my younger brother was the kite runner and I never needed to buy any > kites. Ofcourse when he grew up my father forbade him to study on rooftop - > with one eye on the books and the other on the kites!! > > Any info in kite > flying in Assam?> I got this : > http://www.indialine.com/travel/assam/fairs-festivals.html> > Umesh> > > > ---------------------------------> Now you can chat without downloading > messenger. Click here to know how.> > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> > [email protected]> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _________________________________________________________________ Post ads for free - to sell, rent or even buy.www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=186 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
