Religion vs Season: A False War
Critics repeatedly conflate Basant (season) with Basant Panchami (festival).
They are not the same thing.
Spring is not owned by a religion. Yellow is not sacramental. Wind is not sectarian.
Punjab—on both sides of the border—has always marked seasonal transition. The religious layers came later; the seasonal instinct came first.
To insist that modern Pakistanis must either worship Saraswati or stop flying kites is not cultural literacy. It is cultural bullying.
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