Hyderabad: Gulzar Houz, a popular market that sells kite-flying paraphernalia, wears the look of a political war zone, with kites and threads named after popular politicians and movies. To name a few, ...

Kite flying enthusiasts, take note. The National Green Tribunal and Government of Telangana have a special message for you. “Ensure a safe & jail-free Sankranti. Don’t buy, sell or use ...

Hyderabad: As the countdown begins for the Makar Sankranti begins, markets are buzzing with variety of kites. In the aerial battleground of kite-flying, Indian manja and Chinese threads vie for ...

HYDERABAD: It was a year ago that Mohammad Rahmat, a 30-year-old manja maker from Old City, saw his world turning upside down. For Rahmat, popularly known as Chotu in Dabeerpura’s Patang Market, the ...

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 ...

Hyderabad: “Miya, patang udao… gardan math kaato (Friend, fly kites… but don’t slit someone’s throat).” This is not a movie dialogue but a sharp, street-smart warning issued by Hyderabad Police ...

Despite a ban on nylon Manja, few sellers continue to sell it before the festival of Makar Sankranti. On a visit to Ravivar peth, HT reporter spotted buyers openly asking for the banned “nylon manja.” ...