India's moustaches and beards celebrated

britexpat
By britexpat

I'm sure picture 4 is pajju....

The extravagant beards and moustaches sported by generations of Indians are under threat, according to a new book

Britons Richard McCallum and Chris Stowers travelled across the country to take hundreds of photos of people for their book, A Guide to the Bizarre Beards and Magnificent Moustaches of Hindustan.

"Beards and moustaches tell the story of modern India – how it is becoming a more Westernised, homogenised place, but also how the great traditions and the love of display still exist.

"Male grooming is important to Indians, and facial hair proved a topic that took us to places and into conversations with people we would never have met otherwise."

However, the traditional belief that facial hair is a sign of virility appears to be facing the chop.

"Young people don't want an itchy moustache or beard which they think makes them look old," said Lalan Singh, 40, a restaurant doorman in Delhi's Connaught Place and the owner of a handlebar moustache that took three years to grow.

By anonymous• 1 Jan 2009 02:19
anonymous

heero_yuy2

The only reason that I could come up, for Hindus not growing stylish mustaches in Qatar, they want to blend in with the local western working population all the time.

I believe, it only happens only with the territory.

Briexpat

The picture of the man with the point mustache look just like you.

Dammed roach antennas.

By heero_yuy2• 31 Dec 2008 21:30
heero_yuy2

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By Pajju• 31 Dec 2008 21:28
Pajju

lol heero wat abt my moustache ? :P

By heero_yuy2• 31 Dec 2008 21:24
heero_yuy2

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By Victory_278692• 30 Dec 2008 13:05
Victory_278692

marketing strategy; Ladies first?

By SPEED• 30 Dec 2008 10:28
SPEED

women are everywhere ...

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By GodFather.• 30 Dec 2008 10:25
GodFather.

niceone brit...lol

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By britexpat• 30 Dec 2008 10:21
britexpat

Found this one.. I think he's shaped his mustache so he can ride faster and cut down on wind resistance..

By GodFather.• 30 Dec 2008 09:59
GodFather.

Brit.. dont know where the hair is coming from.. but definately can see from the picture that the girls like stroking it...lol

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By britexpat• 30 Dec 2008 09:55
britexpat

Pic # 5..I don't know if the hair is coming down from his mustache or up from somewhere else..

By Victory_278692• 30 Dec 2008 09:53
Victory_278692

nice post...who wins finally? some Indian

By GodFather.• 30 Dec 2008 09:32
GodFather.

Picture 5 looklike the girls like it???

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By Dracula• 30 Dec 2008 09:30
Dracula

weird!

By chichi• 30 Dec 2008 09:26
chichi

By anonymous• 30 Dec 2008 08:11
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

Then God placed the Indue people on the Indian continent, the most hottest place on earth, then as a practical joke he gave them hair, lots of freaking hair for insulation.

Why would God give them so much hair for Insulation purposes?

India is already hot as hell!

It must be, because God want them to walk half naked most of the time.

By Pajju• 30 Dec 2008 08:10
Pajju

wish to be 3rd one :)))

By Harry99• 30 Dec 2008 08:07
Rating: 3/5
Harry99

Maybe its the curries .......

By r7• 30 Dec 2008 08:02
Rating: 4/5
r7

I like pic 5 whr the girl on the left looks like she's having some nasty thoughts going on with tht Beard :P

May b its just me!!! :)

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