Independence Day

Well..today's independence day! However, it has changed a lot over the years.I would always remember it as a day when the sky was full of kites. It used to be magnificient! And leading up to the D-day was soo exciting. All the kids and many of the grown ups too..hogging their terraces..practising their skills for the big day. Kids running around collecting kites which were defeated in epic battles. I never could fly the kite..no matter how hard I tried. I remember my friends Harman and Rohit pitying on me and "allowing" me to hold the strings :D . But it was fun..especially the battle cries when one used to win. I just loved it when the kite was at the farthest position possible..when there was no more twine left on the spool. Harman was amazing at that. Sadly, I just saw like 3 kites flying today. Its really sad..where the hell are the kids?..there's no excitement at all. Its just another "holiday". Its just a day when they show patriotic movies on the TV all day long..the shops are closed and there's traffic jams everywhere. Times have changed a lot and for the worse. Damn.. I miss my childhood...and I kinda sympathize with the kids of today..they are missing on all that fun.