Basant as a Life Taking Event

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Basant as a life

Taking Eventenjoyment of “boo kata”

FAQIHA ABBAS

11/11/2009

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Basant has always been a joyous occasion, for Ahmed’s family. Theycelebrate it warmly .All the members of family are gathered on their rooftop. They enjoy themselves by flying kites, dancing on drum

beating, singing and fireworks.Last year the whole scene of this joy and cheer was changed in amoment when fourteen years old Ahmed was flying kites with a metalwire. The wire came in contact with high power transmission cableand burnt the boy. Ahmed has burnt on more then 50% of his body.He was the only son of his parents. The mother fell into a swoon onhearing the news of such a frightful death of her son.Another sad event took place when eight years old Amjad lost his lifewhile catching a stray kite on a roadside at Hanjarwal when a tractor crushed him...

Shumaila became the victim of a stray bullet. Which was fired by abasant lover last year .She was playing at her home she never beable to enjoy any scene due to losing her sight. According to a newsreport basant 2005 claims nineteen lives besides leaving hundreds of other injured as lahorites did their way to record the deadliestcelebration .No less than twenty lives and around one thousandreceived injuries in different incidents on the basant day. The basantnight celebration had already claimed the lives of at least four children while three hundred other were wounded.

The month of February has deep roots with the arrival of springseason .In ancient Rome February was the official beginning of spring and it was considered a time for purificationThere is a feeling of happiness and the whole scene, which hasbecome sad and gloomy due to the chill and cold, is removed and awave of new atmosphere is arose. All trees and plants are felt to bedressed in new clothes Lush green colour is looked very attractive toour eyes. Everyone is engaged to perform his duties, whether theseduties are official or educational. One has no time to spend withnatural scenes.

Little birds are also started chirping to announce the coming of springseason their pleasant voices awakened human beings. Enchantedfragrance of flowers is smelt all around. Bright colour show anemotion of joy and excitement .Man wants to some recreation in hislife. Sometimes he enjoys by flying kites and sometime he organizes



spring festivals. Let us see how “zinda dilaan’’ give reception to theking of seasons.Lahorites flouted all bans and continued to fire shots indiscriminatelyin the air like kites. Many people had cut the string of their lives whiletrying to cut the string of a paper kite of opponent.No less than forty people were severely injured as a result of air firing. Open display and usage of semi-automatic and automaticweapons was witnessed in different areas. As many as forty peoplewere admitted to the Mayo HospitalRecord showed that most of them had sustained bullet wounds .Therecord clearly exposed the police claims of having checked andnabbed people involved in air firing .The same hospital’s childrenward received eighty children patients with basant related injuries.One hundred and forty were admitted to sir Ganga Ram Hospital

while twenty were brought to Shaikh Zayed twenty patients werebrought to Lahore General Hospital. Many wounded were admitted toother private hospitals and clinics of different areas of the city.Two young boys of age fourteen and twenty-five were admitted to thehospital due to severe head injuries. Both fell off their rooftops tryingto keep their kites remain flying. Doctors were hopeless to see their condition. After taking the lives of many people these deadlycelebrations of thirty-six hours was ended people violated the lawsnot to use metal wires, air firing and usage of loud speakers.String is lubricated with different chemicals commonly known as“manjha”due to this “manjha” string is acted like a sharp sword. Manyaccidents were taken place due to this characteristic of string. Bashir,a Mason, was engaged in his duty at second flour before a week frombasant. Suddenly he felt that someone was cutting his neck with knife.he called his companions, to save him from this sudden attack. Theysaw him lying on the floor senselessly. They brought him downstairsand runs to the nearest clinic. Doctor told them that he had lost hislife due to over flowing of blood .He was the only laborious of hisfamily.

There are many other damages also taken place due to this springfestival. LESCO has suffered a loss of Rs. 60 million caused bypower losses and fluctuations that hit the city’s electricitytransmission system on Basant night.Electricity fluctuations are caused damages to costly machinery like

television, refrigerator and computer etc.



Patients could not take rest during the whole duration of basantcelebrations due to outcry of the people.The whole material to celebrate the basant is costly and only richfamilies can celebrate the festival. Inferiority complex is developed inlower middle and poor class of the country. Raw material for manufacturing kites and strings and fireworks is imported from other countries. We should use this money for constructive purposesinstead of destruction.Every year basant is celebrated warmly. Many people sacrificed their lives in the name of entertainment. Some people become excused asa warming for others. They suffer the whole life for their little mistake.Young boys fell down from the rooftops having low boundary wallsand met a fracture in legs and arms they spent their precious days inhospital for recovery of their injuries.

This time has great importance for students because annual examare being started in most of our school. But boys’ do not care abouttheir studies and remain busy in kite flying.Basant is promoted through media. Special programmes arearranged and advertised by the investors. Different schemes arestarted like free kites on shopping at a specific product.We are not saying basant is a bad festival but it should be celebratedin a right way. People should learn from history and try to leave theusage of damaging material. Competitions should be arranged ingardens and grounds instead of rooftops. Metal wires, air firing,fireworks, loud music, drum beating in residential area should bebanned.We should keep in mind about helpless people affected from earthquakethey demand help from their brothers instead of spending a lot of money

just for fun and enjoyment of “boo kata” .we can relieve them.

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