Special request regarding Carom

jivan

Hi all, Well the wikipedia link explains all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrom Now take u'r pick India, China, Yemen, Ethopia & North Africa. I used to be good at this game. Something in the family. Actually my Mamaji was a state champion & as folklores go, on his wedding night there was a friendly contest between my Mama & one of the greats in Carrom & Mama got the break. Till the 48 points, the guest didn't even get a chance to hold the striker. I do remember couple of games where these kind of things happened but far & few between. If u become addicted the striker becomes a part of u. You get sore thumbs like how fingers get while playing any musical instrument or typing. It takes more than couple of games to get settled with a board & sometimes the nail biting finish is like nail biting finish of a Cricket World Cup or Football World Cup. In fact I just remembered some beautiful memories from Bhagsu. There used to be a hotel about halfway from my place towards the Bhagsu temple on the left while going down or right while going up. This guy used to be open till very late night & serve coffee as well as sometimes food & we use to play carrom late at night. Sometimes there used to be these beautiful girls or women who had just come & didn't know where to stay & we used to pass the time. One of my best holidays in Bhagsu & Carrom