What you need

An open space. Nothing else.

How to play

Two players face each other, join both hands and lift them to make an arch. Secretly, each chooses to be one of two things, for example "mango" and "apple".
The other players form a line, each holding the shoulders of the one in front, and walk round and under the arch.
Everyone sings the rhyme: "Poshampa bhai poshampa, daakiye ne kya kiya, sau rupaye ki ghadi churayi, ab to jail mein jaana padega, jail ki roti khaani padegi, jail ka paani peena padega."
On the last word the arch comes down round whoever is passing through.
The caught player is taken aside and asked in a whisper, "Mango or apple?" They choose, and stand behind that side of the arch.
The game goes on until everyone is caught and stands in two teams.
Finish with a gentle tug of war between the two lines, each holding the waist of the one in front, with the two arch players gripping hands.

The team that pulls the other across a line wins.

Wordings of the rhyme differ from town to town. Use the one the children know.
With very small children, skip the tug of war and just count which team is bigger.

Play the tug of war on grass or a mat, never on a hard slippery floor, and keep it short.

Children slow down to avoid being caught. The arch may only drop on the last word, and the line must keep moving in time to the rhyme.
One side of the arch gets nobody. Let the arch players change their two secret words and start a new round.

Time the round with the party timer, make chits or random teams with the chit maker, and keep the points on the scoreboard.