Wanderlust

Wanderlust
I like to linger, a little longer, a little longer here with you

12 July, 2017

Corom Night

| It's a Carom night for some |
Saw this site at CR Park today. 
As my #culturewaali self wants to know the origin of anything and everything, 🤔 so I searched for it. 🤓
Interestingly The game of carrom is believed to have originated from the Indian subcontinent. 🙀 There are other historians who also believe that the game has Burmese or Portuguese origin. 
Carrom has been played for nearly two hundred years, although games of a very similar nature have been played for thousands of years under a variety of names.
Although no concrete evidence is available, it is believed that carrom was invented by the Indian Maharajas. 🤴🏾
One Carrom Board with its surface made of glass is still available in one of the palaces in Patiala, India. 👀
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I am a Phillumenist.




I am a Phillumenist. 

Phillumeny (also known as Phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc.
So since My secret collection of Matchboxes is not a secret anymore. I would like to share some of these beautiful boxes with you all.


You will ask What’s so hot about matchboxes? 
Well, for one thing, they’re an expression of popular art. And for another, they commemorate events that will eventually go down in history.