Basanth festival is still three months from now. I MEAN the term ''kite flying . To check the general mood of the public before a new idea is proposed. Or rather, one would call it as an ice-breaking session.In chennai, no "ICE".
When two parties stopped talking and one party wants to re-start the process but, the presence of ego prevents straight talking.Generally, that(interested) party would use the services of emissaries/mercenaries to check whether the other party is interested in re-starting the process. If the interested party receives a green signal they can go ahead with the process.
The emissaries/ mercenaries while talking to the other party would gauge his/HER readiness, or rather conduct SWOT analysis so that they would present a report on re- starting process.
Generally, kite flying session could be used as a face-saving formula because if the other party is not interested, this step could be wrapped under the carpet forever.