Sporting Memories

Today is Pongal. May this be the time to thank God, reap the harvest of hardwork and dedication and celebrate success.
Pongal used to be a festival to celebrate with the Sun God. Back home, it used to be wonderful to offer Pongal in a paanai (earthen pot) in the balcony, pray and enjoy a sumptous meal.
Tracking back the days, it used to be fun to eat, watch numerous TV programmes, new releases and so on.
While I track down memory lane, let me write what we discussed this week-end. My flatmates and I were in a serious mood of chatting that we found ourselves talking about all those cute, funny, 'intellectual' games that we used to play as kids.
And I list a few of them here and expalin a few of them.
Hide and Seek
Snakes and Ladders
Ludo
Scrabble
Frisbee
Business
A board game where mock currency is dstributed amongst players, and trading is done, cities are bought, mortgages are performed etc.

Cut the Cake
It is similar to the 'Running and Catching' game. The difference is that when the person who is being chased feels she might be caught, she shouts 'cut the cake'. When she does, another person runs in between the chaser and the runner. The chaser now has to chase this new person. When this new person feels tired, she shouts 'cut the cake' and another person runs between the chaser and the runner and so on....

Chain
A chaser chases a runner. When she catches the runner, both of them join hands and chase another person. When this person is caught, the three of them join hands and chase another and so on..

'Killer'
This is an indoor game played with chits of paper. The chits have 'King', 'Queen','Minister', 'Police', 'Killer' written on them. They are then folded and strewn. The players have to choose a chit. The person who is the 'Police' has to find the 'Killer'. The 'Killer' in the meantime has to wink at the others one by one by ensuring that the Police does not notice him. Obviously, the 'Killer' would not know who the 'Police' is. But he needs to wink at people one by one. And the person who is being winked at by the 'Killer' responds by saying 'I am Dead'. The 'Police' needs to make a guess who the 'Killer' is before the remaining person says 'I am Dead'.

'Name, Place, Animal, Thing'
Each person has a sheet of papaer with four columns- Name, Place, Animal, Thing. A letter of the English alphabet is chosen and each player, writes a name, a place, an animal, a thing starting with that letter. No two players should have the same entry.

Dodge Ball
A huge circle is drawn on the ground. Few players stand inside the circle and the remaining stand outside thecircle. The players outside the circle need to throw a ball at the people inside the circle and ensure that the ball hits someone inside the circle below the knee. That person is sent out of the game. The idea is to remove people inside the circle one by one.

Are these being played any longer?