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Last Sunady, I played Lagori again. I had been to a temple near Tumkur with my parents, sister, BIL & my niece. I saw two guys (Udaya & Chandana) playing Lagori in the temple premises. I was tempted to join them. As an ice-breaker, clicked few of photos of them playing, showed them and asked whether I can join them. And next minute I was playing with them. I played with them for more than half an hour. I was back to my school days.
After sometime, my sister came looking for me as it was lunch time. She stood at a distance watching me playing with the kids. After some 10 minutes she called me for lunch as everyone was waiting for me. At the end, I left reluctantly, soaked in sweat, totally tired of running-around. Thanks Chandana & Udaya for those lovely moments :)
About Lagori (for those who don't know): Lagori is an interesting outdoor game which we used to play during our school days. It's a team game involving two teams - seeker & hitter. Team size depends on the availability of the players, varying from as low as 3 to sometimes 15-16 members per team. To play Lagori, we need a soft rubber ball or a tennis ball and 7 to 11 flat stones placed one above the other, with bigger stone at the bottom and smaller at the top and an open space for the players to run-around.
Stack of stones is placed in center. Members of Seeker team gets three chances each to unstack the stones by hitting them using the ball. If one fails, next member comes in and gets his chance. When all the members of Seeker team fail to hit the stones, the role changes. The real fun starts when someone from Seeker team scatters the stones. At that point, goal of Seeker team is to pile up all those stones before Hitter team hits any of the Seeker team member by the ball. And goal of Hitter team is vese verse, they need to hit one member of the opposite team before stones get pailed up. The team whoever achives the goal will get a point and game continues again by hitting the stack.
I liked the Lagori the most among the games like chinni daandu, rama bheema soma, kunte bille & more to list. Because of which I was titled as 'Gandubeeri' not only by my mom but in the whole lane. I was nowhere less in finding an opponent to beat & win the game than the boys. Sometimes the rivalry I had with other gamemates had lead me to dodge them with the ball with great grudge (Ofcourse I too used to become victim for them at times).
I hardly see any kids playing outside nowadays. Reminded of other games too like Kunte-pille, Choo-chand, ice-spice .....which actually is I spy...!!!
Loved the last pic, Prashant. Really neat..!
Those kids look like really cool guys of the new generation, good that they haven't resorted to e-lagori ;) ...yet!
Was a treat to read this post. I agree with harshini that even I hardly see kids playing on the streets nowadays even in a place like Malleswaram. We guys used to keep changing in different seasons... cricket, football, lagori, frisbee, ice-pice, and back to cricket!
the black-and-white photo looks good.
Thanks for making me revisit it :-)
- Indu
made me nostalgic.
you brought tears in my eyes, prashanth.
waiting to play lagori and soor chandd with my son and co.!
thanks for this treat.
I have not heard of the term 'Lagori', but by the description of game I do recognize it - it is called 'Satauliya' [from seven - seven stones] or 'Staapu' in the north.
One sunny winter day last year, some of us adults in the apartment complexgot together to play the game. And it was great fun. And seeing us, one smart kiddo uttered this pearl of wisdom - 'Akhir baDe logo.n ko bhi maze karne ka haq hai' [After all the grown-ups also have a right to have fun]. Lol!!
Harshini, Thanks madam.
Sanjay, Yes, its hard to see kids playing outdoor games. And will sure you call when I plan to go for a trek :)
Mouna, Boopathi, Srik, Indu, thanks for the comment.
Ravindra, thanks & how is married life?
Bellur, Thanks sir :)
Sigma, lol @ that kid's words. Different places, differnet games. I heard that they call it as pitthhu or pitthugram in UP!
ee aaTa nanna child wood memories vaapas tarisittu.. naanu kooDa gandu beeri group ge seriddu.. I have played even goli buguri & was considered as one of the strongest players by the contemporaries..
I played till I went to high school... Later we changed our baaDige mane & all my friends remained there :-) Next my studies all that ...
PM you really took me back to sixties this was a very common game with just one ball you can play and all are avilable any ground any no. of players is ok
it makes you to run around and sweat as you had on with those two udaya and chandana
good photos fine narration a treat to watch and read
other outplays like kabbadi, kho-kho etc., came back to memories along with some faces if yester years
thanks a ton for the post
One of my best memories is playing Lagori in rainy season in slushu ground!
I have played this game all my childhood and it is called Pitthhu in north India not Stappu. That is altogether another game popular in some other countries also. More on that some other time.
I remember that my grandmother would come to the field late in the evenings and yell at me for at least 30 minutes before I finally made up my mind to get back home! Those were such wonderful days seeped in innocence.
It's tragic that there aren't many open spaces left for children to play in nowadays. For example, the boys who live in Banaswadi/HRBR layout play on empty sites. When construction work beings there, they move on to yet another set of empty sites... but for how long can they do this? Soon they'll run out of precious space to play in.
Along with preserving parks, I wish the BBMP also embraces a drive to set up playgrounds for children. It's pathetic to see little ones play in apartment complexes as though they were cooped up chicken.
The two boys look cute and naughty!
Definitely one of the most played games after school .