Game over

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

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MUMBAI: “Kids aren’t allowed to play in the compound; it’s reserved for parking,” says Ashwini Dandwate, 40, who lives with daughters aged 14 and 7 in metropolitan Mumbai. “There is a podium area, but it’s tiled, so they could slip and hurt themselves there. They end up either cycling or watching YouTube. Sometimes they play with their friends in the lobby.” (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

MUMBAI: “Kids aren’t allowed to play in the compound; it’s reserved for parking,” says Ashwini Dandwate, 40, who lives with daughters aged 14 and 7 in metropolitan Mumbai. “There is a podium area, but it’s tiled, so they could slip and hurt themselves there. They end up either cycling or watching YouTube. Sometimes they play with their friends in the lobby.” (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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KOLKATA: There seems to even be a gully version of football in Kolkata, where kids play the open-field game in a narrow alley, as here in the residential area of College Street. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

KOLKATA: There seems to even be a gully version of football in Kolkata, where kids play the open-field game in a narrow alley, as here in the residential area of College Street. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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MUMBAI: Kids play badminton across a narrow street as a vehicle heads towards them. (Hemanshi Kamani / HT Photo)

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MUMBAI: Kids play badminton across a narrow street as a vehicle heads towards them. (Hemanshi Kamani / HT Photo)

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KOLKATA: Even this sleepy metro has lost open spaces to development. “Growing up, we had maidans and gardens. Today, my six-year-old has nowhere to play,” says finance manager Ramit Pal, 43. Here, a group plays football on a terrace. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

KOLKATA: Even this sleepy metro has lost open spaces to development. “Growing up, we had maidans and gardens. Today, my six-year-old has nowhere to play,” says finance manager Ramit Pal, 43. Here, a group plays football on a terrace. (Samir Jana / HT PHOTO)

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MUMBAI: There is an open ground near accounts executive Priya Warrier’s house in the eastern suburb of Chembur, but it’s the only one for miles, so there are often as many as 20 teams packed in when she takes her sons, aged 10 and 5, to play. For kids who don’t even have that, the only place for a game of cricket is the railway tracks. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

MUMBAI: There is an open ground near accounts executive Priya Warrier’s house in the eastern suburb of Chembur, but it’s the only one for miles, so there are often as many as 20 teams packed in when she takes her sons, aged 10 and 5, to play. For kids who don’t even have that, the only place for a game of cricket is the railway tracks. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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DELHI: Delhi has more green spaces, if you’re from a certain socio-economic class. “There is only one large ground in our area and kids from miles come to play there. I don’t let my son go; it’s a hazard,” says Sushma Dahiya, 29, a resident of Mundka, an industrial neighbourhood in West Delhi. In the slums, there isn’t even that. So here, kids play a game that doesn’t exist — with table tennis paddles and a shuttlecock — in the narrow lanes between the hutments in Ghaffar Manzil Jamia Nagar. (Burhaan Kinu / HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 06:02 pm IST

DELHI: Delhi has more green spaces, if you’re from a certain socio-economic class. “There is only one large ground in our area and kids from miles come to play there. I don’t let my son go; it’s a hazard,” says Sushma Dahiya, 29, a resident of Mundka, an industrial neighbourhood in West Delhi. In the slums, there isn’t even that. So here, kids play a game that doesn’t exist — with table tennis paddles and a shuttlecock — in the narrow lanes between the hutments in Ghaffar Manzil Jamia Nagar. (Burhaan Kinu / HT PHOTO)

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