The barbaric children from rustic Rudhia ran around yelling as if they were playing pitthu on the farm. (p. 15)
Pitthu is a popular game in Northern India. Members of two teams take turns trying to break a pyramid of 7 marble/stones (the pitthu) by throwing a tennis ball at it. When the pyramid is broken, one team members try to rebuild the pyramid while dodging the tennis ball, which members of the other team throw at them. If a player is hit by the tennis ball, he or she is out of the play. The team that rebuilds the most pitthus wins the game.
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My glossary for Vikram Seth's novel, "A Suitable Boy"
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Page numbers refer to the 1st U.S. paperback edition published by HarperPerennial (a division HarperCollins Publishers) in 1993.
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