Because the balloon is going up here, almost immediately, just as it is going up in India this weekend.
Yes.
I am actually not sure what you meant, but on another thread a few days ago someone pointed out that one of the calendar months on that islamic calendar had hot air balloons floating over a disaster. And this was in response to a post in the thread with a link to photos of Al Qaeda training manuals - one page had some hot air balloons.
It just struck me that this was a pretty good idea. Most of us see hot air balloons and think they are pretty.