Let’s relive those days…
…when the words ‘kho’ and ‘dhappa’ would give us mini heart attacks,
when spinning a top or flying a kite would be the highlight of the day,
when a handful of marbles or stones could keep us hooked till the sun called it a day…
So hide the play station and teach your little-one one of these, this weekend… Make some lemonade, call over the neighborhood kids, and watch them have fun, while you drift back to your childhood! What’s better, join in for a surprise dhappa!
1. Hopscotch/ Stapu
Even our parents have played this one!
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2. Lattu
The top when spinning looks magnificent.
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3. Kho Kho
This one’s our favorite!
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4. Color Color What Color
“Tippy Tippy Tap, what colour would you want?”
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5. Gilli Danda
This one was India’s own version of cricket!
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6. Hide and Seek (Chupan Chupai)
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7. Pitthu
Most of us learnt how to aim playing this game!
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8. Kite flying
15 August would witness the entire city on the terraces, flying vibrantly colored kites!
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9. Noughts and Crosses
We used X and Os before Gossip Girl did!
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10. Carrom
One stroke of your finger decided your fate in this game.
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11. Goti / Kancha
Who doesn’t love collecting and playing with marbles?!
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12. Ludo
The ideal post dinner family-game!
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13. Chain
Ah! The long chain people aiming for you and the art of evading them skilfully!
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14. Kabaddi
A test of stamina, holding the breath and strategy making.
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