Recently, I stayed at my friend's place for a few days. One morning, me and my friend were bored. We played Chess often but we got bored of playing against the same opposition. So my friend asked his father if he was willing to play chess. He said that
he didn’t want to play chess. So we asked him if would instead play a game of
cards. He said he would. So we set out playing cards in the morning, at 9 am.
Now, at this point, for the benefit of those readers who are not familiar with Indian
cultural thought (or at least the cultural thought of a significant fraction of it), it is useful to
point out that playing cards is considered synonymous with gambling and not
generally appreciated. Although this is a huge generalisation because there are
many sections of people who would not attach the same kind of stigma to playing
cards. At any rate, there is a certain vice-like nature attributed to playing
cards, even if it is played in the confines of the home, with family members, and without
any bets.
Continuing with my
story,
