For next Sunday, Modiji will ask everyone to take out their mobile phones / tablets / digital devices at 9 pm, open Ludo King application and play a game for exactly 20 minutes
The announcement results in a massive rush to download Ludo King application, which results in App Store and Google Play store crashing
Liberals who already have Ludo King on their phones uninstall it
Come Sunday 9 pm, the sound of thrown dice and the tik-tik-tik of the moving pieces is heard from every corner of the country, as fathers, mothers, sons, daughters sit together and play Ludo
The Ambanis - Mukesh, Nita, Akash and Anant - go to Antilla's terrace and play a 4-player game on a Ludo-board with a pair of diamond dice and gold, ruby, sapphire and emerald pieces, and post pics on social media
A migrant family living in a tent plays Ludo on a moth-eaten board with a couple of stones for dice and sticks of different shapes for pieces
ANI releases a picture of a sharply dressed Modiji playing Ludo with the computer on his smartphone
At 9:20 pm, Twitter gets flooded with at least half a dozen videos where Ludo winners take to the streets to celebrate their victory over other players, social distancing be damned, sparking massive criticism from everyone
The inimitable Ramdas Athavale gives a new slogan, Ludo Yo Corona Go!
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