Kite flying festival, Mysore, 21 Oct 2012

 Read about this event, which was held as a part of the Dussera festival celebrations in town. Kites hold a special place in my life. A reminder of the days in Goa, the golden days of childhood :) when we would fly kites from a small hill near home. Needless to say, there I was , near the helipad, with my camera. Boy was it a great time! The skies were a bit overcast initially. And when the kites began to fly, the sky was a riot of colours. Kites of all shapes and sizes. Enthusiastic kite flyers, right from the neighbourhood kid to the professional, not vying for honours but rather to make us all go 'whoa!'. When was the last time you flew a kite?

Check it out:

Welcome to Mysore Dussera 2012

It's A Bird... It's A Plane...its a kite :)

Three idiots

Hritik Roshan

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Watch out for angry bird

I loved this one

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
Flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone, my senses reel
- Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd

Riotous formation

YeLi, yeDdeLi, guri MuTtuvaDanaka Nilladiri
Arise awake and stop not till the goal is reached
- Swami Vivekananda

A Tibetan God watches over us mortals

The ship of dreams floats high in the sky.
 It leaves a trail of stars as it glides by.
 We watch in hope, eyes blurry in a haze.
The mother ship will answer all of my dreams, and yours too.

Just hop in :)
My favourite kite!

This guy was 'The guy'. He had the most epic kites in the event. He told us, "I am not here to paricipate, I just want people to enjoy these kites" :)

A young and budding kite flyer :)

Tiger in the sky

Bird of Prey
Bird of Prey
Flying high
Flying high

:P

And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs through my soul
-Pisces Fish, George Harrison

A parachute kind of a kite. Looked tough to fly

Sigalaarada  hoovu neenu; BiDalaarada dumbi naanu.
You are the unattainable flower; I am the bee who won't give up.

Translation sullies the beauty. I hope the feelings are conveyed :)

Raktha kottevu neeru biDalaarevu.

Sentiments during the Kaveri water row.

The biggest kite at the event

The Tricolour

We sign off with a flourish