The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : `Samskruti' soars to a new high

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Jan 16, 2006

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

`Samskruti' soars to a new high

Staff Reporter

The flying wonder made by Arvind Art Academy students is being sent to Limca Book of Records The flying wonder is made by Arvind Art Academy students The kite, spread over 26,500 square feet, measured over 160x160 ft, is reportedly the biggest one flown in city during Sankranti

LAZING BEFORE TAKE-OFF: The huge kite made by T. Rachana Choudhury and G. Venkata Krishna of Arvind Art Academy being displayed at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. -- PHOTO: P.V. Sivakumar

HYDERABAD: `Samskruti,' a kite made by Arvind Art Academy students — T. Rachana Choudhury and G. Venkata Krishna — was unlike most other kites flown in the city during Sankranti.

This kite, which was spread over 26,500 square feet in Lal Bahadur Stadium and which measured over 160x160 feet, was reportedly longer than any kite known in local kiting history. The blue and yellow behemoth with the Department of Tourism's slogan `Athithi devobhava' rose into the skies amid cheers. Eighth class student Rachana and sixth class student Venkat used a plastic sheet commonly used in construction business to make the mother of all kites.

Mother of all kites!

"We are sending details of the kite and a photograph to the Limca Book of Records," said Arvind who teaches at the academy.

Minister for Information and Public Relations Mohammed Ali Shabbir and Minister for Sports and Culture M. Satyanarayana Rao unveiled the kite on Sunday. Labour Minister G. Vinod and G. Venkata Swamy, MP, were also present.

If it was size that mattered here, the sheer number was overpowering everywhere else. In fact, skies resembled the crowded streets of the city with kites jostling for space like vehicles and kite fliers in hot pursuit for their very own territory and yes, that big kill in the azure firmament.

Vying for the space

With big and bold sweeps, the experienced kite fliers choreographed their own sorties in the skies, making their paper machines dance and undulate and blaze ahead with that cutting edge.

Music and spirits and good food added to the flying miles! Victorious landing were far and few, but fun and merriment aplenty!

Conquering the skies, the kite fliers returned to terra firma from the precarious perches of old buildings, fully tanned, drained — blame it on the spirits — and filled with joys of flying!

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh