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               Kite Flying written by Makarand Paranjape is about a middle-aged executive. In the beginning, the main character of the story is quite satisfied with his life and family but later on gets disturbed. The mind get tensed and he is unable to look into the matters of life properly. In the meantime, he remembers his uncle named Freud who advised to search for happiness from childhood as it is full of innocence. The executive passes by a kite shop. He suddenly remembers how good he felt as a child and especially when he flew kites. Kite flying gave him immense pleasure. Now when he remembers the good olden days, he wants to return back to them. At the same time, he also feels shy as to what people will think of him if he purchases kites as this age. He wants to hide the kites and tie string to them. Then he leaves the readers in a confused state as he doesn't declare whether he files the kite or not. But later on he reveals that kite...

Kite Flying           Since that evening, I have been wondering how to tell this story. What happened was not unusual and, doubtless, you must have read many stories of this sort. but, believe me, when it actually happens to you, you feel like an altered being, as if you've traded in your old life for a brand new one. But perhaps you're already getting restless with this introduction... As usual, that evening I was being driven back from my office when on the way I happened to notice a whole row of bright kites with coloured reels of thread hung in front of a neighborhood shop. For Summary of "Kite Flying", Please click the below link >>  Summary           All in all, it hadn't been an unusual day for me. I had left home around 9:30 a.m. when the company car came to pick me up. I had a normal day at the office. The routine of work. Some visitors. Tea. Chatting. Files. Launch. A meeting in the afternoon..   ...