Media
In the press, on the air
Curated coverage and her own channels. Nothing here is embedded or auto-scraped — every item opens where it was published.
My stint with the kites as a professional began in 2008, when I first participated in the 18th International Kite Festival.Bhavna Mehta, in The Mooknayak, January 2023
“Kai Po Che: At 54, Bhavna Mehta soars high with her kites!”
The Mooknayak · 12 January 2023 · by Geetha Sunil Pillai
Open on The Mooknayak → (opens in new tab)Video“Meet Bhavna, India’s first female internationally acclaimed kite artist”
The Hindu · YouTube Short · Uttarayan coverage
Open on The Hindu → (opens in new tab)Feature post“Bhavna Mehta … has emerged as one of India’s most celebrated kite artists, breaking through gender barriers”
The Hindu · LinkedIn · January 2025
Open on The Hindu → (opens in new tab)ReelReel from her Instagram
Instagram · @bhavna.s.mehta
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Instagram · @bhavna.s.mehta
Open on Instagram → (opens in new tab)Video“Ahmedabad’s Bhavana Mehta Soars As India’s 1st Female Internationally Acclaimed Kite Artist”
OTV News English · YouTube interview
Open on OTV News English → (opens in new tab)Press profileETV Bharat Gujarat meets Bhavna Mehta, honoured with the title ‘first woman kite flyer’
ETV Bharat · 8 January 2020 · Gujarati — reporting her invitation to fly from the Kite Society of Great Britain
Open on ETV Bharat → (opens in new tab)Press profile“International Women’s Day 2018 Special: Meet Bhavna Shailesh Mehta, India’s first ‘Woman Kite Flier’”
India TV · 8 March 2018
Open on India TV → (opens in new tab)Press profile“I found my star at the International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad”
Resfeber18 travel blog · 22 January 2017 · republished on her Kite Stories site
Open on Resfeber18 travel blog → (opens in new tab)“India’s first woman kitist gets global recognition”
DNA (dnaindia.com) · 9 February 2015 · by Aneri Nihalani — on six of her kites taking a permanent place at the World Kite Museum, Korea
Print editionSwayam Siddha 2013 — women entrepreneurs honoured by GCCI’s Women Wing
City Bhaskar (Divya Bhaskar), Ahmedabad · 4 July 2013 · Gujarati — her Special Achievement Award, with her account of moving from insurance work to kites and training women
Print editionBhavna S. Mehta on YouTube
Her channel — Kites, craft, and cooking — in her own voice.
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