Kite Fighting!: Currently in India it is kite flying season. And much like you may have read about in The Kite Runner, the kites do battle, with the winner cutting the other person's kite string. If you stand on the roof of any building at dusk, you can see about 100 kites in the air. It's unlike anything I've ever seen. The string has powdered glass glued to it so it will cut the string of your opponent. I was just learning how to fly when the kids on the next roof attacked my kite with theirs. Like a true pro, I immediately screamed like a little girl and dropped my spool. When I picked it back up and pulled like crazy, immediate jeers of laughter broke out from a third rooftop. I had somehow won! Had this been Japan, those poor kids would probably have to commit hari-kari from the shame of it all.
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