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How about arranging an Olympic-themed party for your friends?

Host a bash with fun games, tasty treats and a touch of sports spirit to celebrate Friendship Day with your pals

It’s Olympics season, and what better way to celebrate Friendship Day than with your squad? Plan a party and if you’re worried it’s too last-minute, My Kolkata has you covered. Let the party planning begin…

Games:

1.     Keep it simple, that’s the mantra. Check the Olympics schedule for Saturday and have the TV channel ready. Take a glass bowl or a piece of cardboard and write the names of competing athletes on slips of paper

2.     Ask your friends to pick one paper each and read out the names. Keep a scoreboard ready. The athlete who wins makes for the winning friend to drink a shot (of coffee or ahem…)

3.     Also print out photos of the popular athletes in coloured photo paper and make a makeshift photobooth with a monochrome background. Keep a polaroid camera handy. The pal squad can pose and get clicked with their favourite sports personality

Food:

1.     Keep it simple here too. If you are in a mood to make a starter to two, saute salamis in butter. In the same pan saute salt, pepper and lemon juice marinated prawns. Wrap the prawns in the salamis and secure with a toothpick. That’s your first recipe

2.     For the second recipe, get artisanal sausages and make a spicy semi-gravy curry. Complement with packed foods like popcorn and pizza, and easy dips made with Greek yogurt or coconut. Enjoy the Games with your friends

— Pooja Mitra

Also read: In pictures: The Indian athletes most likely to win an Olympics medal for the first time in Paris