Following photo is courtesy of Farhan Khan of APP. You can make your own story of what is going on but here is my ‘tasweeri kahani’ (photo story). Letters in bold are facts. Rest is fiction. On the hot sunny afternoon of June 27, 2008, some nieghborhood boys gathered under a tree on Airport Road, Hyderabad. Somebody brought a Carrom Board from their home and then they played for the title championship.
A donkey cart boy also stopped by to get a peek at the Final. There were no strict rules in the games as was obvious from any markings (baselines, center circle) being absent from the Carrom Board. The striker was of doughnut shape and boric acid was missing from the surface too. The game was so intense that only three boys (including the donkey cart boy) were looking towards the camera, and one looked away. All otheres were transfixed at the board.
Its amazing to see Mughal’s rate of comming up with novel ideas. Keep it up
ehe running after “Queen” was always an interesting activity :-)
On a sad note, lots of youth is wasting time in playing “Dabbu” in various Mohallahs of Karachi.
@Picture is either fake or tricked, scenario fixed as usual,
carrum is played :
under a tree,
inside house, in varrandahs,
underground,
chatt par shaam ko,
jughi mein,
School mein
But never between two roads
That’s precious now! Brought good ol’ memories.. and how I miss playing carom now *sigh*
This reminded me of my time in Punjab University from 1990 to 1992. We used to play Carrom and Table Tennis all along the evening in the hostels.
We even organized the tournaments for both the games though we (my team) lost always despite playing every day but we did enjoy those times.
Thanks ATP, you every now and them come up with a post that reminds us one of the many days from our past.
Thanks again,
@Owais Mughal,
Wonderful Photo, specially when I am eating mangoes
from Pakistan (Sindhri) the heaven is all around me at the
moment, Paradise, just Paradise !!!
Pakistan Zindahbaad
great post and picture. Reminds me of rivalries between mohallas (streets) in Rawalpindi on Carom , Arcade Games, Snooker etc.
“Champion” or top players were looked upon with great respect when they represent a certain mohalla :-)
Snooker tables were generally placed in mid of small strip malls (covered) and was favorite hang out place…
We use to go to Snooker area in market next to CMH in Rawalpindi. For ~20-30 Rs, it air condition was blessing in scorching heat of Rawalpindi summer..
Excellent photograph. Use to love carom. Have not played it for ages. Brought back memories.