Strikes and the games children play

Making the Jump, Girl power!

Boys don't seem to be too good at it

Failing Miserably!

It's seldom we see children playing out on the streets. Most of the children stay indoors watching TV or playing video games! It was heartening to see children come out on the streets to play macchakara (literal translation would be fish bone, but it could mean something else), a game very few children play or know about these days. First multiple rubber bands have to be woven into a string which takes a lot of time too and is so much fun because it involves group work. Girls always beat us to it.

So the game is played on the string made of rubber band and combines heights and styles of jumping.Two of the opposite team members act as posts while the other team jumps on the strings. Some jumps involve dexterity of jumping and holding down the strings by the sole of the feet.I don't exactly know if this game is intrinsic to Darjeeling but I remember girls always beating us boys most of the time!  But no its not a girls game, as I said earlier it needs a lot of stamina and skill.

It's great that children are coming outdoors to play and hope they're taking the time to study too. 

Again felt very nostalgic about my childhood and remembered my childhood friends around whom the sweetest memories are woven. Its sad that Syano Bhai and Jyoti my two good childhood friends are no longer with us. Love and RIP dear friends!