Re: Should Muslims Celebare Basant Festival?
Sadiyah and Bao bihari,
This is a never ending (periodic) discussion and both parties cant convince each other, hopefully this will be my last post on this topic 
Briefly ..
I gave the example of Qaid-e-Azam’s birthday which is celebrated every year on Christmass in Pakistan. It is an officail holiday and most govt buildings get decorated …so, an on-looker who does not know the reality may assume that Pakistan officially celebrates Christmas, which is a mistake !
Although Paksitan is celebrating a birthday, but it is not of jesus christ but it is of her founder M A jinnah.
Now, as you are not a native of Lahore, so you can only go to internet to find out what the hell is basant and why crazy lahories celebrate it with so much passion ??
But, sorry. this is not going to help as you people can not understand the importance of kite flying for us. It is a fun activity and a cherished sport. For us it is very serious activity. Having fun is very important for us. To hell with hindu origin, for us it is nothign more than a festival for flying kites and having fun
If having fun is haraam, then Basant is 100% haraam. no doubt
But you cant understand it, you think we are crazy. Maybe you are right !
Just as you and me can not possibly understand the importance of Bull fighgting and what the hell is funny in seeing people getting injured or killed in routine ??? Same way you cant understand the importance of flying kites.