Indian Street Games - Bachpan ke khel

Sports today is an integral part of the all round development of the human personality. India offers different adventures sports like khusti a traditional sports most popular in north India. Hockey The national game, in which India has an impressive record with eight Olympic gold medals. Cricket is the beating heart of sports in India, but there are some other games which was played by every person in his childhood. These local games are very popular in India.Enjoy some of the best adventure sports in India.





Gilli – Danda: It is a sport played by using two stick, Small one known as Gilli and other long one is called Danda. This is very popular game among boys in villages ofIndia. It is similar to cricket just replace the gilli by ball. The danda is used to hit the gilli and make it fly through the air.


Kite Flying: kite flying is the most popular game of India as well in Asia. Kites are also known as patang is India. The line used is called Manjha, a glass coated line, and each flier attempts to cut every other kite out of the sky. The kite flying festival is celebrated on the eve of Makar Shankranti in Gujrat state of India.

Satoliya: This game is very popular among boys and girls, It is a simple and inexpensive game, It need 7 small flat stones, every stone size should be less than the other stone. Put these stones over another in decreasing order its looks like a small tower then hit it by cloths made hand ball form a fixed distance. Any number of people can play it. This game is also known as Pithoo in some region of India.

Kancha: It is very famous as gully sports or street game, played by number of small boys in villages as well as in town. It is played using marbles called Kancha. The winner take all Kancha’s of other boys.

Lattu: The street game of India, This is a very popular and simple game which can be played by children in villages of India. The game involves spinning a lattu – a solid turnip shaped wooden toy with a grooved lower half with two nails dug at the top and the bottom. A cotton string is wrapped around the lower half of the lattu to make it spin.

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The “baddest” fruit - Durian (The king of fruits!)

Durian season is here again. Durian in Malaysia usually has 2 fruiting seasons, usually around June/July and December/January periods. Some only once a year.

Durians are highly prized fruit in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. They are also known as king of fruits. And for a good reason! Besides being nasty looking with their sharp thorny spikes they are also well known for their pungent smell that could suffocate you in an instant if you are within sniffing distance. That’s why they are banned from hotels, flights, subways and most tourist locations. They are the “baddest” fruit! Period.

The most innovative description of durian that I have seen so far: Shaped like a hedgehog and smells like compost!

If you are an addict to durian but are too afraid of the amount of carbohydrate and fat in the fruits, do check out this nutritional website and plan how much to consume in order not to burst your seams after a one night fling with this charming but notorious fella. It’s good to know that durian has zero cholesterol content but loaded with vitamin C and some amount of dietary fiber, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. At the very least, you could justify your craving with good nutritional value and great taste, albeit some weight gain.

How to characterize the taste, texture and smell? The color of the flesh varies greatly, from white, off white, yellow, pinkish, orangy to red. There are probably a few hundred varieties available in the market ranging from the very best to the least likable. There are around 200 varieties that are registered as clones and given a number or names and a few hundreds more that are nameless but are highly sought after for their taste or texture. Some famous example are : D2, D24, Red Prawn, Raja Kunyit, etc… Most of the private durian orchard has their own specialty and if you are lucky, you could experience some truly unique flavor and taste. The texture of the best durian should be smooth, custardy and firm, very tiny or deformed seeds, no noticeable fiber upon eating and the best taste should be slightly bitter with sweet aftertaste.

The most common variety of durian will have to be the D24. The D24 is usually the benchmark of which the other durian are graded. The best varieties of durian are mostly planted via grafting from the best durian trees. Therefore they are usually clones of the mother trees and usually the fruits they produced are exactly the same as the mother trees. Therefore the taste of D24 is similar when planted anywhere in Malaysia and the king of kings, the Raja Kunyit is also similar in taste and texture wherever you purchase them. The slight difference will have to be the water content, where sometimes you notice that some durian of the same varieties are drier or wetter in term of presentation. However the taste should still be the same unless the freshness could not be determined. The best durians are usually the freshest ones when they just dropped from the trees. Although some connoisseur prefer to age their durians for a few hours (or 1 day) to bring out the flavors (especially true for D24 variety) in them. Most durians can be kept for 3 to 4 days but their quality deteriorate after 1 or 2 days and they should be consumed immediately upon purchase. The best way to eat durian is to spend the day at the orchard but usually that is quite impossible. Therefore the best way for die-hard fans are to check with their nearest roadside durian sellers on the timing of their durians consignment arrival, usually 3 or 4 times daily for the most popular stalls.


Prices of durians differ greatly depending on the geographic locations, varieties and seasons. As a rule of thumb for direct from farm pricing, you could probably purchase the “Durian Kampung” or “Village Durian” at around 1 to 2 Ringgit per kg; clones like D24, D101, Red Prawn, etc at around 3 to 5 Ringgit per kg and Raja Kunyit (aka Mao San Wong) at around 10 to 22 Ringgit per kg. Of course, the consumer pricing will depend on the timing, seasons and the varieties. Happy durian season everyone!

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