Kite Themes..

Kites have traditionally kept pace with the changing times, and the topic of the season gets onto kites. If elections are round the corner, most parties would have kites with their symbols. The pride of place for Uttarayan 2009 was obvious... Tata Nano & Narendra Modi!

Kites of various sizes are flown... but the BIG ones are kept for the evening when a brisk wind blows. Anyone flying a BIG one would have the smaller ones aiming for it to cut... and then a loud shriek...."Kaaaypooo Chhheee"!!!

Uttarayan...

Pictures of Kite Shops at Bhagal area... a sight the true-blue Surti would have grownup with!!

The Shops start operating over a month before Uttarayan, and the strings (Maanja) gets prepared... all this leads upto a crescendo on 13th Jan night, when the entire Bhagal area becomes a sea of humanity all buying kites, manja, caps, sunglasses.. and post 9pm on 13th Jan.. kites are auctioned off, for next day is Uttarayan.