Contrasting Aadu Puli Aatam and Chess
Aadu Puli Aatam etching found near the Butterball in Mahabalipuram Robert Kanigel in his book – The Man Who Knew Infinity – A Life of the Genius Ramanujan – writes “(Ramanujam) and his mother under...
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PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY- ALTERNATIVES FOR COWRIE SHELLS
SONY DSC Since time immemorial, people have played games, and dice or throw pieces were often an integral part of the game. Dice are small throwable objects that rest in different positions and h...
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LET’S HAVE FUN
A short while ago, we were at a school demonstrating our games. In the course of conversation with various parents I was pointing out the learnings and lessons we could draw from each game. One par...
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TIME TO PLAY
In the year 1793, Harikrishna son of Venkatram, born in Aurangabad in South Maharashtra concluded his book Kreedakausalyam in which he describes the famous games of his time. He says, and I paraphr...
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WHEN WE PLAY TOGETHER – THERE IS MAGIC!
I owe a lot to my Grandmother. She used to baby sit my children when they were young. She played all the beautiful traditional games with them. She spoiled them, cooked them their favourite meals ...
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A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
When I first started Kreeda and told people that I was researching traditional games, the inevitable answer would be “Traditional what…?” Most people were surprised that were so many traditional ga...
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