Here I am back with another BBY, this should be quick one. This time the game is called
Aaba Dubi
Hey hey!!! Wait… don’t rub your shoulders or arms or legs imagining something just hit you.
I don’t know how to describe this game; what adjective to use for this game. Game is pretty simple, no complex rules either. You just need a ball to play this game and mostly the ball that we used to play with was made of plastic. Just one objective, if you have the ball in hand (not the one in pool) hit other guy with the ball, and hit hard… really hard.
If you have not played this game or never heard of this game, then you might be thinking what’s the big deal about getting hit by a plastic ball? This ball was not just any plastic ball; it used to be “Sun ka ball”. Too many unknown parameters, now what is this “Sun ka ball”. It doesn’t really mean anything, there used to be this brand called Sun, which used to make hard plastic ball. Right, as you understand it is as simple as plastic ball made by Sun. How hard can the ball be? Really hard, one can stand on the ball and still nothing happens to it. Not sure though, if it will withstand my weight now. You must be thinking how nobody used to get hurt after getting hit? Obviously people used to get hurt and hurt real bad. The place where ball used to hit the body, it will become black and blue. It will pain real bad, we used to rub the spot to get rid of the pain. It used to burn even with the touch of the shirt.
Aaba Dubi game was very popular in my school, bachcha bachcha janta tha Aaba Dubi ke baare mein. We used to play this game in school during game period or recess time. Game of Aaba Dubi is played in open ground; we played it in school play ground. Game starts with one of us having the ball (Sun ka ball) and everybody else will running away from this guy. Once everybody has reached their position and comfortable, action starts. As there is one and only one rule “hit other person with ball”, guy with the ball tries to hit the nearest guy with the ball. Whoever gets the ball in hand next, tries to hit other guy and game continues.
Let me get to some detailing of hitting someone with the ball. Hitting someone is not as simple as said. When I am hitting other guy with the ball, obviously he is not standing and waiting for me to hit him. He is running his ass off across the ground, and I now have to hit the moving target. We being masters of the game; we used to hit guys 50 meter apart, taking care of the ball trajectory, wind speed and the swing of the ball and obviously moving target. With all these factors and no knowledge of physics involved, we used to successfully hit the target.
Funniest part used to be, when somebody is aiming to hit you and you will be running across the ground. You are successfully hit by the ball. You try to pick up the ball and return the favor. Top your disappointment, at the same time other guy picks the ball. You find yourself at the tip of the fully loaded gun and no sign of mercy in the guy’s eyes. To your surprise everybody else finds this situation extremely funny and they start laughing crazily. Poor you, it’s you whose ass is at stake and you have to somehow get out of this situation. Only option then remains is to say to plead to that guy and say “Sardar meine tumhara namak khaya hai”, guy obviously like gabber says “To ab goli kha”. Other option is to hug that guy so that he cannot hit you. But most of the times you can only bargain for 2-3 seconds, to run away from that guy and pray to god that he misses. All you get is Param Veer Chakara for bravely facing your nemesis, big dark blue mark of the size of the ball.
Aaba Dubi was (should be “is” though, I am saying “was” because I don't see kids playing this game nowdays) very simple and easy to play game. We used to have real fun. It really Bhooli Bisari Yaaden, I don’t even see kids nowdays playing Aaba Dubi. Probably it’s just left in blogs.
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