Among his colleagues, Raamesh Gowri Raghavan, course coordinator and principal faculty at Centre for Extra Mural Studies, University of Mumbai, is known for his dry, deadpan humour. So, when he talks about being afflicted by a disease called kheliya, it's hard to take him seriously. Though, there's a grain of truth in the joke.

"They say, 'Jab peliya hota hai, tab sab kuch peela dikhta hai' (When you have jaundice, everything appears yellow). Similarly, when you have kheliya, you begin to spot games (khel) in the most unexpected places," says Raghavan. This is why his team has chosen to call their project, Kheliya. Launched last year, it's a crowdsourced effort to gather evidence of ancient Indian board games and save them from extinction.