10 February,2011 09:58 AM IST | | Namita Gupta
Get salacious or go all trippy with our pick of love games for couples to spice up your romance with a desi twist
'Four days to go' reads a young girl's Facebook status message. 'Four days for what?' pat comes a reply from her lover. 'Duh! Don't you know, it's Valentine's Day?' When cupid is all set to strike with his arrow, here's how you can add a dash of zing, as you trail our wicked ideas and bring home some mischief in true Indian ishtyle.
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This deck of playing cards is a desi design by the whimsical Faridabad-based duo, Brijesh Dahiya and Kuldeep Singh of Cheapsex from their studio Gulabo Chhap Design Works. Dahiya says, "It's a twist to the Chinese invention of mundane playing cards with kitsch gone kinky in the design. We revived a metal box, an actual paan peti to make the cards sit perfectly, which makes for a collectors' piece or even a fun love gift to rekindle romance, with colour graphics inspired from a B-grade Hindi movie."
Dahiya adds, "Playing cards have had a million designs internationally, so we gave each card a character. There's Chadti Jawaani and cheeky humour to add funk to your playtime. The Queen is slutty, the Joker is gay and for all you know he might be making out with the King, and the Queen might be out with the Jack as he has a thing for her, the King is a Casanova and a pervert."
With bawdy messages like, 'Sahib Aur Biwi Ka Ghulam', this deck of playing cards that come in a large, international size, can spice up your love life and go best when teamed with a pint of beer or a cocktail. It's like a love story gone haywire with lust overpowering the characters. Dahiya adds, "It's our version of love and lust coming together in a box. We have looked at these naughty characters as ones that speak, instead of just objects in a game."
Where: Chilli Billi, 3302/I, 12th A Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar
Call: 9241799105
and Levitate, 100 Feet Boutique Restaurant, 777-I, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar.
Call: 9448145071
For: Rs 499
Email: support@cheapsex.co.in
Iktara
These playing cards go desi with the owl watching you over from one side. These Owl Playing Cards come in bright colours with edges in gold. The owl is the Vaahan of Laxmi and is draped in different rupee denominations. "I have played with numbers in Hindi. One side of the card reads Cheedi Ki Hatti, Paan Ki Duggi, Eenth ka Ghulam and the likes," says designer of the label Iktaara, Kanika Jain Gupta.
Call: 9980801144
Log onto: https://www.iktaara.com/
For: Rs 980 for a set of two decks of playing cards which comes in a wooden box.
Khajuraho Playing Cards
Spice up your regular deck of 52 playing cards with curvaceous figurines in erotic poses from Khajuraho temples in sepia-toned prints on paper.
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Where: Levitate, 100 Feet Boutique Restaurant, 777-I, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore.
For: Rs 150
Log on to: https://www.indiamart.com/ and https://tinyurl.com/6axo6us
On the love couch |
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