Kaipocheeee..> Enjoying Utrayan / Makar Sankranti : The Kite Flying Festival
Well,
Today Was A Busy Day. Initially I had thought Not to enter the terrace today to fly kites,
I had not brought a single kite for the occasion. Also there are rarely any Kites Flying near my building, So there was no meaing of flying the kite.
This had been my routine for past 3 years. I had disposed off all the kites I had purchased 2 years back which were still in my Storage Room just couple of months back.
All of a sudden i realised That my Life is becoming completely bored So at around 5:30 Pm ( hardly an hour to dark) I went to the nearest kiteshop. Bought 10 kites and 1 rill of Manja.
Then I drove straight To my terrace for flying them.
Fortunately there were some kites flying from the neighbouring buildings.
The first one i flew went straight up in the air and just when i was starting enjoying the flight, There came another kite rushing towards mine to eat it away!!!!
Its not that I am amatueur to flying kites , but I needed to enjoy the flight for few minitues atleast.
So there was the “Pech” taken between our kites and there i knew I had made a mistake of winding up the string. It should had been a “Dheel ” Move . So within five minitues of entering the terrace my first wicket oh sorry My first Kite had a fatal end.
Soon I took another kite and started flying it back again.
This time i went straight to that kite back for the revenge. This time again both of us were releasing the string. Finally the other kite flyer made his fatal mistake and the result was My Loud amplified scream ” Kaipocheeeee” and ” E- LApeet”
Soon I started releasing the string to the distant buildings and one after the other had distroyed 4 high flying kites.
Hearing my amplified voice THe neighbour Building Guys started checking My building. Also few members of my society came to the terrace. couple of Uncles started wistling during the magical words.
Again there was another kite of mine distroyed.
Now only 20 odd mins of day time was remaining. One member had already assisted by tieing ” Kanna” to my kite.
My sister and mom were enjoying sugar-cane and Kurmura Sweet.
I had a bite of it tooo.
One more kite was torn on the midway and only 15 mins were left for the end of the day.
Fortunately the next kite was too good. I flew straight upwards with Wind favouring it.
My sister and mom had thier chance of handling the kite for few minitues each.
There were couple of more “Pech” and my Huge NMatural Vocal sound system saying ” Kaipochee”
Oh Man Did I enjoy that words.
I remember In My kid days , When we were in gujarat how i used to get up early in the morning at 5 am in very cold atmosphere. Used to enter the private terrace of ours. and start flying the kites. Those childhood days are unforgettable.
Also the quantity of kites that flew back in gujarat were quite huge compared to here in Mumbai.
Also there is an important lesson that we do learn from this kite flying festival .
Just as there are times when your kites goes down, fumbles around and when there is some favour from wind or with little effort from your fingers it may get back to top.
No matter how many hurles are there in you life, you may feel down and stressed out but if you try constantly you may soon get to top again.
Finally after it was quite dark, we all got back to our homes. Mom had prepared for delicious ” Undhiyu ” in the morning itself and we were going to enjoy it yet again in our dinner too.,
All In All it was a wonderful day today , enjoyed it like the old days and had full fun.
Cya.
Aakash Shah