01-13-2005, 06:39 PM
Ashok Kumar,
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Boy I miss Uttarayan. Small anecdote. I was in 5th grade/standard then. The other activity that goes hand in hand with kite flying is catching kites that have been cut by others. Especially in old walled city where all homes are attached to each other with common walls - this involved jumping, running on 5 inch wide walls, hanging, etc - i mean real skill. Nearly all kids (including 55 year old ones) claim to be experts at this. Anyway one fine day I was engaged in this fun activity when I didnt notice that the 5 inch wall I was running on had ended. I was running a fever (103F IIRC) so maybe I was not at my best. Came straight down from the top of a 4 storey building.. I quickly ran up to the terrace fearing my father would beat the cr@p out of me. Except the neighbour had noticed and I was quickly taken to the hospital where I stayed for an excruciatingly long 15 days. Worst part, friends (if i can call them that) coming along with their parents and describing (in full glory) how they caught one kite that was 10ft*10ft. *sigh*
I am not much of writer. Its just my emotion thats showing in the post.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->Boy I miss Uttarayan. Small anecdote. I was in 5th grade/standard then. The other activity that goes hand in hand with kite flying is catching kites that have been cut by others. Especially in old walled city where all homes are attached to each other with common walls - this involved jumping, running on 5 inch wide walls, hanging, etc - i mean real skill. Nearly all kids (including 55 year old ones) claim to be experts at this. Anyway one fine day I was engaged in this fun activity when I didnt notice that the 5 inch wall I was running on had ended. I was running a fever (103F IIRC) so maybe I was not at my best. Came straight down from the top of a 4 storey building.. I quickly ran up to the terrace fearing my father would beat the cr@p out of me. Except the neighbour had noticed and I was quickly taken to the hospital where I stayed for an excruciatingly long 15 days. Worst part, friends (if i can call them that) coming along with their parents and describing (in full glory) how they caught one kite that was 10ft*10ft. *sigh*