Just Play by Vinita Sidhartha
Storizen|July 2022
The first ever game probably every Indian kid must have played is either Snakes & Ladders or Ludo!
Swapna Peri
Just Play by Vinita Sidhartha

Indoor games, outdoor games & little sports are every person's part of life. Many memories and incidents, good and bad, are attached to these games.

There were times when the whole family used to play together, and those summer holidays when cousins used to meet at grandmother's place and have a great time playing games. These games are the first moral lessons we as a kid have learned.

The first ever game probably every Indian kid must have played is either Snakes & Ladders or Ludo! This game is all about ups and downs, how to take a step with utmost care and how not to let down the confidence one we lose! Likewise, several games have some of the other lessons that are being taught.

Vinita Sidhartha has a degree in journalism from University of Texas at Austin, US. After completing her studies, she returned to India and set up a communications consultancy with leading clients from the corporate and media sectors.

As a mother of two, she turned to her grandmother to take care of her children. Her grandmother spent hours with the children teaching them a number of traditional Indian games. Watching this, the personal and the professional merged in Vinita. Thus, was born Kreeda, meaning 'play' in Sanskrit, which researches and markets traditional games that are Indian in spirit and global in quality. (Visit www.kreedagames.com for more information.)

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