India, April 12 -- Citizen Nizam doesn't think much of himself. "What is special about me?"-he asks, genuinely perplexed on being photographed.

Well, good sir, you happen to be among the last flag-bearers of an almost vanished summertime tradition.

Nizam is the merchant of game wali kulfi. It is a kulfi cart fitted usually with a roulette wheel. The customer pays a minimal amount of money ( Rs.5-10) to try their luck in a kulfi jackpot. The whole thing is very simple--toss the kancha into the spinning chakri and win as many kulfi sticks as the number on which the glass ball comes to rest. If it is the pinball setup instead, pray for the kancha to roll down into the highest value square. (Eight kulfis for the square chalk-marked eight; o...