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Originally posted by smraza

I dont know the history of Basant bilal, can u tell me when it was started and what was the reason behind that??
I asked the same question to one of my friend, he told me that in during 17th century, there was a Hindu, who used some bad words for our Holy Prophet, and due to that he was punished to be hanged till death, and he died so despite of huge protest by Hindu Community. and After his death, the Basant was started in his 'Yaad'...
I dont know whether it is correct or not... any comments....?

As far as the reducing the tension is concerned, are we supposed to reduce our tension of whole year in a day or night??
As far as I know it is not the entertainment of Poor people, the person having 5000 to 10000 income per month cannot afford the cost of Kites and 'Doors' as you will be well aware of the prices of the same.

SMR

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There are demons in Basant that make it increasingly difficult for the supporters of popular culture to defend the festival. The toll on life is big. The losses suffered by the Lahore Electric Supply Company, that run into several millions each year, have led to processions in Lahore demanding a ban on kite flying. Indeed, the government has imposed a general ban on kite flying, which is the essence of Basant, many a time, allowing the revellers a reprieve around Basant time. This ban has never been effective and Lahore's horizon remains dotted with kites of all shapes, colours and sizes all through the winter and even in summer.

There are factors that lead to such observations that Basant isn't quite the popular fair it used to be. The past belongs to the people, and the present to the 'high' government officials and their mighty multi-million partners. The old saying that Basant cuts across class barriers and unites the whole of Lahore stands nullified. Today there are three Basants in Lahore, three threads existing separately. The government celebrates one Basant, the corporate sector is promotes another, and the third one involves the people.

There was a time not long ago when the festival of Basant revelled in its people's only disposition. Kite flying was frowned upon in the official circles and indeed inside many homes as a sport of the bamboo-wielding louts and street urchins. As if that was not enough, it was termed as a Hindu festival unfit for the purified environs of Pakistan. Basant then was held on a working day in accordance with the announcement of the Kite-Flying Association, and the bunking schoolboy exposed himself to lashes from his class master. This was followed by a renaissance period, where the cultural icons of the city were seen giving Basant respectability from the rooftops of their grand mansions in the company of the stars from the showbiz and local and foreign dignitaries traveling across from Islamabad. More money was thrown into it and more frills were added.

In Lahore it became a bigger, a more passionate affair than other occasions, including religious ones. Women's participation in the festivities became more visible, the number of guests from across the border increased and the time warp was broken by extending the celebrations into the night. In fact, there were so many changes hat kite flying was reduced to one of the components, rather than being the main item on the menu.

Kasur had a Basant of its own to go with that of Lahore. Soon other cities in Punjab and even Karachi and Islamabad came up with their own mini versions of the festival. The event has been growing in size and its duration has increased, leading to familiar comments that entertainment-starved Pakistanis are prone to stretching things to an extent where they lose their appeal and become ordinary affairs. Purists insist that the festival must retain its kite flying essence. They argue fervently that it should retain its sunny spring appearance, dismissing a Basant under floodlights as a diversion from the true path. All in vain, in the face of a people who have few fun alternatives available.

The government's role as a patron of the kite-flying festival is a recent one. Nawaz Sharif gave Basant his blessings, and other rulers have followed suit. So much so that this year, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has himself fixed the date of the Basant festival. It is going to be celebrated on February 6, a few days earlier on account of Moharram, which is to start in the second week of February. After so many tragic deaths caused by the sharp twine used in kite flying, the emphasis is on ensuring safety while celebrating the occasion.

Yet, the feeling is that the official Basant bans have been provoked not so much by loss of life but by the loss of revenues to the power suppliers to Lahore. Whatever loss may be bigger in the official eye, it is believed that the most effective monitors could be the local bodies representatives that have shown little to justify their presence at the grassroots. They have to be employed into service in these desperate times since they are closer to the people, and we don't have too many other options to ensure a safe game.

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BASANT KI TAREEKH:

BASANT K BARY MAI ATA HAI K YEH AIK HINDU TEHWAR HAI AUR IS KO MANAY K LIAY HAMARY HAN HAR SAL MUKHTALIF TAREEQAY APNAY JATY HAIN DR.B.S MOR APNI BOOK (PUNJAB UNDER THE MUGHALS) MAI LIKHATY HAIN K HAQEEQAT RAY SIALKOT K AIK KHASHTARI KA LARKA THA,US NAI MOHAMMAD (P.B.U.H) AUR HAZRAT FATIMA(R.T.A)KI SHAN MAI SAKHT NA ZAIB ALFAZ ISTEMAL KIA IS JURM MAI HAQEEQAT RAY KO GIRIFTAR KAR K ADALATI KARWAI K LIAY LAHORE BHEJA GAYA.US KO SAZAY MOT SUNAI GAI IS WAQAYA SE SARY NON MUSLIMS KO SHADEED DHACHKA LAGA KUCH HINDU US WAQT K GOVERNER K PAS SIFARISH K LIAY GAY PAR UNHO NAI UN KI AIK NA SUNI AUR SAZAY MOT K HUKUM PAR NAZR E SANI KARNY SE INKAR KAR DIA.JIS K IJRA MAI PEHLY MUJRIM KO AIK SUTOON SE BAND KAR US KO KORON KI SAZA DI GAI AUR USKI GARDAN URA DE GAI,JIS PAR PUNJAB MAI SARI GHAIR BIRADARI NOHA KANA RAHI.HAQEEQAT RAY KI YADGAR KHOJAY SHAHI LAHORE MAI HAI.JO “BAWY DE MARHI “ K NAM SE MASHHOOR HAI,AIK HINDU RAEES NAI US KI YAAD MAIBASANT KA AAGHAZ KIA JIS KI YADGAR BHI IS ILAQAY K QABRUSTAN MAI HI MOJOOD MAI.IS BOOK K PAGE 299 PAR LIKHA HAI K”PANJAB KA BASANT MEELA HAQEEQAT RAY GUSTAKH E RASOOL(P.B.U.H) KI YAAD MAI MANAYA JATA HAI”

HUM KABHI BHI GHOR NAHI KARTAY K KOI BHI KAM KAB START HOA YA KIS WAJAH SE HOA.HUM SIRF IS LIAY KARTAY HAIN K SAB KARTY HAIN AUR CHUNKAY SAB KAR RAHY HAIN IS LIAY HAMARA KARNA BHI DURUST HOGAYA. BAHAR HAL SOCHNAY KI BAAT YEH HAI K HAMY KISI KI BHI PAIRWI KARNY SE PEHLY KISI K BHI PEECHAY CHALNY SE PEHLAY YEH ZAROOR DEKH LEN K KOI KHUD KAHAN JA RAHA HAI AUR KYOON JA RAHA HAI AUR YEH KAM KYOON KAR RAHA HAI KYOON K QAYAMAT K DIN INSAN UNHI K SATH HOGA JIN KA PEROKAR AUR SATHI HOGA.

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Originally posted by maani

Hi,
whatever you ppl think about basant, itz raining now, atleast night tou kharab hui...

Ace

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Originally posted by Shahid_fss

I don't see any thing bad in basant but I don't like the way it is celiberated....

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Originally posted by bilal azhar

Because rain spoiled the show last week we have get another chance to celebrate mini basant.Whethet u people believe or not but basant night is being celebrated once more in lahore today.

And tomorrow there will be mini basant and it will be just like basant because due to rain last sunday people still have loots of "door" and "kites" at their disposal.

One point which i missed in my previous posts was about multi national companies.i think that it is these multi national companies who have defamed basant in our country.
what u people think?

bilal

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Originally posted by bilal azhar

Multi nationals have defamed it because instead of celebrating basant with door and kites they celebrate it wiht something else in big hotels not only defaming our country but also religion.

bilal

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Originally posted by Shahid_fss

A religious always has its own customs and traditions.
If these customs and traditions are removed, the religious power becomes weaker.
Islam also has such traditions.
Keeping ourselves different from other ppl is one of the old Islamic traditions of Muslims. We have almost everything different from other ppl i.e. life style, culture, civilization, literature, philosophy and even buildings. From centuries, Muslims lived with many other nations but never mixed up with them. We kept our identity clear. We never adopted idiotic customs of other religions.
These are the things on which "Ideology of Pakistan" is based. I know we all read it in our books but we are in habit of forgetting things.
If any one says that mixing with other religious/nations is an ordinary thing then he is wrong. The country (Pakistan) in which you live is created on this idea.
i.e. When the method of calling for prayers was being discussed different ppl suggested different opinions some said that we should ring bells (like church) but Prophet PBUH rejected all those methods that were adopted by other religions and chose the method of AZAN. It means that we should not adopt those things which remove the difference between us and kufaars.
Do you know why suicide is haram. Because Allah don’t want a human to heart himself. If an event hearts even a single person just for fun it means that it should be banned. One of you said that daily many ppl die due to other reasons. My friends this is not a good reason to defend the basant. Can you say these words to the father and mother of that 6 month old baby whose neck was cut by the door or that young boy who fell from roof while flying the kite? No.
We should learn good things from other instead of bad things.
Play cricked, hockey, football as much as you want. Are not they enough for fun. Is basant so necessary for us?


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