Uttarayan

Uttarayan is a sanskrit word that means when the earth bend towards the north direction.That's the time when days become longer and night short and swift.It's the time when people living in northern hemisphere enjoys the new harvest.The crops leaves the fields and enters home after months of toil and anxiety in the field.. It makes or breaks fortunes.So much unconsumed emotions get timely release.In ancient Hindu epic Mahabharat, the great warrior Vishma fell down on earth, his body pierced by hundreds of enemy arrows, but He had the power to decide his time of death.He was waiting on a bed of arrows for the Uttarayan to arrive.The auspicious time of the year.
The fileds become empty, wind become stronger with last traces of coldness. People go up in their terraces and roof-tops to celebrate by flying kites.
Pack emotion on a piece of paper and fly it in the wind. As it crosses frontiers your soul soars high in spirit. fly deep into the bluish sky helped by the wind . All need their free space in the sky like they do have on the earth. but nothing is free on a platter. one after another will intrude into your space to intimidate your peace and tranquility. Even if you want to live in peace in the space, but attacking kites will intimate you and try to kill you. Freying temper, outburst of emotion on the ground - some will shout in dejection , others will give war cry - to settle earthly scores on the sky. Battles of survival will be played on and on in the vast oceanic sky amidst the on-looking witnesses.