15th March 2009 was the day that made me think to write these lines here on my blog.
Kite flying is a recreation sport and a source of enjoyment in different parts of the world. Pakistan is a country where there's a special day for Kite Flying and that is called "BASANT" in the local language means THE SPRING SEASON or Celebration for Spring Season. On this day people fly kites and have fun with their friends and families throughout the day. For the past few years many people died due to the thread with which the kite is bound. People travelling on bikes got injuries and many died. So Pakistani Government banned this sport. People were not allowed to fly kites anymore. However people were anxious and wanted to fly kites.
This season the Government lifted that Ban in a funny way. At least I find it funny because the Government lifted the ban from kite flying and put it on Bikers. Now you can fly kites on 15th of march but you can't ride a bike on that day. The funny thing is that in Pakistan and the specific region called Punjab there are more people with bikes than with cars. Hence people couldn't do their works and other tasks they were supposed to do on that day because the ban was announced just 1 day before the Basant Festival.
I say that the Government should have solved it in a better way by not putting the ban on bike riders. What do you think ?
This jogs a memory about competative kite flying, where the strings are treated with (getting hazy) glue and glass fragments. The object is to sever someone else's kite string.
ReplyDeleteThat guy in the middle photo has the right idea - he should develop it further and get a Government contract! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps the government could simply ban the use of glass on kite strings. I've seen a Rok battle on a beach and nobody was using glass I'm sure! It's still possible to saw through the other guy's string though, which is the main thing.