My latest article, “Kites, Basant and Lahore: The Politics of a Yellow Sky”, is now online. 🪁 It looks beyond the romance of spring to ask what the revival of Basant in Lahore really means—about culture, power, memory and control. 🌼 This is not a story of civilisational victory or nostalgia, but of how states curate joy, sanitise heritage and manage emotion in fractured societies. 🏙️ From rooftops and kites to federal anxiety and cross-border signals, the yellow sky has more to say than it seems. 🌤️ Read it as an essay on spring—and on politics. 📖