Bollywood’s noted actress Sonam Kapoor (daughter of veteran Anil Kapoor) is wishful of gazing at the sky dotted with hundreds of joyous birds.
She isn’t against the flying of kites, but is aware of the naked truth that the fun-loving game of kite-flying often spells death for these innocent residents of the heaven.
And so the concerned ‘Saawariya’ actress has requested the Home Minister RR Patil to issue a ban.
On the manufacture of glass-coated strings (locally termed as ‘manja’) that the kite runners use to float their kites.
These strings are responsible for killing of many a harmless and beautiful bird who get entrapped.
And entangled in these deadly threads and meet a painful death. Sonam, in a letter to Mr. Patil writes.
I humbly request your support for the recent ban on ‘manja’ in Mumbai as well as your immediate action to extend the ban throughout Maharashtra.
The use of ‘manja’ may be amusing for some, but for many families – human and bird alike – whose loved ones lose their lives, it is a situation that can be definitely prevented.”
Hopefully, the officials would pay heed to the matter and let the birds enjoy their flight with fearlessness and liberty. And Sonam would, surely, be humming ‘Masakali Masakali’ from her film Delhi 6 where she plays with a white pigeon……
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