26 March 2009

Cricket at Urgam

Cricket in the Indian HimalayaNot because it's a great photo, just because it's so characteristically Indian. A hunk of wood, a ball, three sticks and the kids are at it. No wonder the Indian team's so good. This was at Urgam, a little village high in the Uttaranchal Himalaya.
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5 comments:

  1. Relatively Retiring26 March 2009 at 21:05

    Do the girls play?

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  2. pohanginapete26 March 2009 at 22:42

    RR, I honestly don't recall. Certainly, it was mostly boys, but I don't remember if I saw girls playing as well.

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  3. Relatively Retiring27 March 2009 at 01:25

    Tut tut!
    A delightful photograph all the same. It could be ballet.

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  4. Anne-Marie27 March 2009 at 09:05

    This looks like an Indian variation of that great New Zealand game, BYC [back yard cricket].

    Not much green on that pitch ...

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  5. pohanginapete27 March 2009 at 10:01

    Anne-Marie, it could be the other way round — maybe NZ BYC's a variation on this great Indian game!
    (Let's hope NZ maintains its good start to the current test against India. I'm not holding my breath, though.)

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