aDDATa!

Prasad A. Chodavarapu (prasad@kodak.com)
Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:55:28 -0400


Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri wrote:

> Count on it! I am expecting Palana to come up with a set of "daSavatAri" deck,
> and hold impromptu sessions on how to play the game. May be we'll have a
> booth featuring "aDDATa".

that is music to my ears. for years, i have been imploring my friends
to try playing aDDATa, me guaranteeing a full table for the whole night.
alas! no one took the bait. i always wondered why only teluguvALLU play
aDDATa? 

now that this post might be construed as violation of the charter, let
me escape by asking a question - is "manElA", the word by which "9" is
referred to in aDDATa, a telugu word?

with thanks to my grandmother who taught me aDDATa,
prasad "aDDu-pai aDDu-sharatu-pai sharatu-ivannI kAkapOtE kOTu"
chodavarapu


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