An Indian kite-maker removing a reel of kite string to be used at his shop ahead of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. Getty Images NEW DELHI — Indian police say three people, including two ...

Over 14,000 reels of the so-called Chinese manjha, or glass-coated synthetic kite string, have been seized and around 137 people arrested after a drive against the sale of the prohibited string in ...

So you’ve built a fine kite, taken it to the beach, and let it ride the wind aloft on a spool of line. Eventually it has to come down, and the process of reeling all that line that was so easily paid ...