The swing, see-saw, and slide, not in that order, in childhood.
Marbles, without losing mine. Jhaad bandar, if you know what I mean.
Top, the spinning type bought in the village market. You had to string it. Skill involved in making it fly into your hand without touching the ground. Secondary skill was in picking it up from the ground on to your palm, still spinning. Also had a 'tick tock' noise-maker from the village fairs. And boats that run with balloon power.
Ice pais or its variants. Gilli-danda, though not too often.
Seven stones piled on each other, hit with a ball. Forget its name.
Hopscotch.
Table tennis. Badminton.
Cricket, volleyball, hockey. At school in Hyderabad.
Tennis, at Clemson, on seeing empty hard courts staring at us.
Golf, at Harihar, on seeing an 18-hole golf course around 500 metres from our house in the Kirloskar colony. Still do, when I can.
Marbles, without losing mine. Jhaad bandar, if you know what I mean.
Top, the spinning type bought in the village market. You had to string it. Skill involved in making it fly into your hand without touching the ground. Secondary skill was in picking it up from the ground on to your palm, still spinning. Also had a 'tick tock' noise-maker from the village fairs. And boats that run with balloon power.
Ice pais or its variants. Gilli-danda, though not too often.
Seven stones piled on each other, hit with a ball. Forget its name.
Hopscotch.
Table tennis. Badminton.
Cricket, volleyball, hockey. At school in Hyderabad.
Tennis, at Clemson, on seeing empty hard courts staring at us.
Golf, at Harihar, on seeing an 18-hole golf course around 500 metres from our house in the Kirloskar colony. Still do, when I can.
