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The begining
Kite flying is my favorite sport. January 14th is celebrated as MakarSankrant every year throughout India. Fighter kites are usually made of paper and bamboo sticks. The objective of the sport is to...
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Chand Tara ( moon cresent kite)
Here is what is called as the 'Chand Tara' kite. Chand in Hindi means the moon. This fighter kite is versatile and provides excellent control. Many colors are available in this design. This is one of...
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Flying on the terrace
Here are some typical kite flying scenes from a terrace. It brings back nostalgic memories for me.
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Kite shop in Mumbai
Every January my father and me made the trip to this kite shop in Mumbai. The whole street is filled with kites and shops selling kites. The kites and manjas overflow the shops into the streets, with...
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Sankrant in Minneapolis
Every year the Marathi Association of Minnesota celebrates Sankrant in January. Well it frigid cold in January, something like -30 F. No chance of flying outside. Though last year I did manage to fly...
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Finally the snow is gone !
Its finally 50 degrees F in Minneapolis, time to fly kites. Here are some miniature kites - great for gifts and Christmas tree hangings. Here's to a happy flying season.
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It's Sankrant today ! Fly Fly Fly !
It’s 14th January, and it's Sankrant, the kite flying festival in India. I miss flying kites here in Minnesota. Since I was a kid I used to wait eagerly for Jan 14th. My excitement would in fact start...
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Sankrant in Houston
After many many years I had the chance to fly real fighter kites. Houston has an annual event for Sankrant. We reached the field about 11.00 a.m. People were already shouting “kay po che” – I cut your...
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Aug 15th at St.Paul
I had so much fun selling kites at the Indian Association of Minnesota's 15th August event. It was a bit too windy for the Indian paper kites, but people were nostalgic to have the kites available. I...
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Kite flying at Youth Camp, Minneapolis
I had the opportunity to teach about 60 kids ( aged 5 thru 10) at the youth camp at Minneapolis. Most of them had seen an Indian fighter kite for the first time in their life. Boy was it difficult to...
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Day 1 at Festival of Nations 2011, Minneapolis
First year at the Minneapolis Festival of Nations. Had a good starting day, this was a day for school trips, more than 8000+ kids swamped the bazaar will all their screaming, silliness, shouting and...
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Kite flying at Camp Masala 2011
The 8th annual Camp Masala was held at St.Paul, Minnesota on the St.Thomas campus. About 70 kids gathered on a football field to fly kites.Camp Masala created a great logo with a kite and a firki. I...
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Kids & Kites at Chinmay Mission, Minnesota
Had the pleasure of flying kites with some kids at Chinmay Mission in Minnesota. The Chinmay mission is located in Chaska and is in the middle of these corn fields. There is a two lane highway and then...
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Happy Sankrant 2012
It is unusually warm in Minnesota this year. In fact they have cancelled a winter kite festival where people fly kites on a frozen lake. The lake has not yet frozen. I was so looking forward to this...
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It's that time again - Festival of Nations 2012
Had a fun two days at the Festival of Nations. Many kite enthusiast stopped by to chat and buy some kites. Here are some photos, more to come soon.
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Recreating the magic of Kites
Spend the weekend with my kites at the Festival of Nations
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