BHOPAL: Spreading the message of unity at “Patang Utsav” in Bhopal on Makar Sankranti, 90% of participants are Muslims. Nasir Khan, Bablu Khan and Allu were the winners of the kite flying competition ...

Patang paints a portrait of a flawed but loving group set against the vibrant backdrop of India's largest kite festival You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

Kites, food, music and masti — sums up the perfect patang party, doesn’t it? And with Makar Sankranti just ’round the corner, many a Hyderabadi peeps are already gearing up to throw their big, fat ...

A year-old video from last Makar Sankranti in Ahmedabad has resurfaced and gone viral again in 2026. The clip shows Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s kite being cut during celebrations at Shantiniketan ...

Growing up in Lucknow came with perks—many of them measured not in money, but in memories. We did not wait for Makar Sankranti or Jamghat to fly kites. The sky was our playground, the terrace our ...

As a teenager in the 1920s, Dilip Kapadia spent long hours indulging in his first love of flying kites. This was at Girgaum’s Chowpatty beach before the 2014 ban on patang baazi and manja wars kicked ...

Indian-American writer/director Prashant Bhargava and producer Jaideep Punjabi have won the South Asian Rising Star Film Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the feature film "Patang" (The ...