Saturday, November 16, 2019
Thursday, November 7, 2019
BALD IS BEAUTIFUL - by Clement Ilango
Here is another beautiful one from my bald friend and Fifty Plus Traveller- Clement Ilango:
BALD IS BEAUTIFUL -
My tour guide in Prague ( Czech Republic ) that I visited a decade ago told me that almost half the Czech men were BALD - either totally hairless or had a big patch of baldness surrounded by hair or had a receding hairline . Baldies cannot be missed in other European countries too ( like Spain , Germany and the UK ) where thirty percent of men naturally go bald by the age of 30 and a whopping 50 percent by the age of 50 . ( Is their DNA to be held responsible ? ) Ten percent of the world population of men is now bald .
Some like Buddhist monks and even nuns , Haj pilgrims and members of the Hare Krishna Movement are deliberately bald . Intentional head shaving was found in ancient cultures too such as Egypt , Greece and Rome . Egyptian priestly class and even some Egyptian women ritualistically removed all body hair . Beautiful Queen Nefertiti had shaved her head bald .
There was ,however , a time in recent past when baldness was a no no , particularly if young men were seen with it . Their value in the marriage market was low . In frustration bordering on despair some youngsters and popular film stars took to wearing wigs . Some others looked for solutions including treating their bald pate with onion juice . Widows in some cultures were advised and in some cases coerced to shave their heads .
This perception does not hold good any more ....
Rejoice , baldies ! A recent study has found that women find hairless males to be more successful , stronger and so more attractive and desirable than guys with a full head or thinning hair . ( It is a different matter that this research was carried out by a scientist who is bald himself ) . Watch baldy Micheal Jordan , rockstar of basketball ball , in action and you will stop associating virility only with hair. Who could have looked more macho than Yul Brynner who was bald like an egg ?
Women , reportedly , have reasons to love bald men . They find them super sexy and their gaze more intense . They are convinced that baldness highlights the natural beauty of their men's features . They love running their fingers on smooth shiny heads . They do not have to periodically remind their bald men to visit a hairdresser . Such men do not spend hours hogging the bathroom to style their hair . Women are happy too not finding shower drains clogged with the hair of their men !!
Don't forget , celebrities like Mahatma Gandhi , Lenin and Nehru were baldies too . Stalin often cleared his smoking pipe by knocking it on the head of Khrushchev's bald head !
A few days ago a movie was released in India ( an Odia film called ' Bala ') based on the routine embarrassment and societal pressure faced by young baldies . Bald men were invited to watch this film for free !
Vowing to flaunt balding and work towards eliminating the taboo and stigma around it a few hundred men have formed an association in Kerala , a southern state in India . It is likely to be named Bold Baldies Association of Kerala . Good luck to them .
PS - yours truly is also a baldy . Loving the clean aesthetic look .. - RCI
My tour guide in Prague ( Czech Republic ) that I visited a decade ago told me that almost half the Czech men were BALD - either totally hairless or had a big patch of baldness surrounded by hair or had a receding hairline . Baldies cannot be missed in other European countries too ( like Spain , Germany and the UK ) where thirty percent of men naturally go bald by the age of 30 and a whopping 50 percent by the age of 50 . ( Is their DNA to be held responsible ? ) Ten percent of the world population of men is now bald .
Some like Buddhist monks and even nuns , Haj pilgrims and members of the Hare Krishna Movement are deliberately bald . Intentional head shaving was found in ancient cultures too such as Egypt , Greece and Rome . Egyptian priestly class and even some Egyptian women ritualistically removed all body hair . Beautiful Queen Nefertiti had shaved her head bald .
There was ,however , a time in recent past when baldness was a no no , particularly if young men were seen with it . Their value in the marriage market was low . In frustration bordering on despair some youngsters and popular film stars took to wearing wigs . Some others looked for solutions including treating their bald pate with onion juice . Widows in some cultures were advised and in some cases coerced to shave their heads .
This perception does not hold good any more ....
Rejoice , baldies ! A recent study has found that women find hairless males to be more successful , stronger and so more attractive and desirable than guys with a full head or thinning hair . ( It is a different matter that this research was carried out by a scientist who is bald himself ) . Watch baldy Micheal Jordan , rockstar of basketball ball , in action and you will stop associating virility only with hair. Who could have looked more macho than Yul Brynner who was bald like an egg ?
Women , reportedly , have reasons to love bald men . They find them super sexy and their gaze more intense . They are convinced that baldness highlights the natural beauty of their men's features . They love running their fingers on smooth shiny heads . They do not have to periodically remind their bald men to visit a hairdresser . Such men do not spend hours hogging the bathroom to style their hair . Women are happy too not finding shower drains clogged with the hair of their men !!
Don't forget , celebrities like Mahatma Gandhi , Lenin and Nehru were baldies too . Stalin often cleared his smoking pipe by knocking it on the head of Khrushchev's bald head !
A few days ago a movie was released in India ( an Odia film called ' Bala ') based on the routine embarrassment and societal pressure faced by young baldies . Bald men were invited to watch this film for free !
Vowing to flaunt balding and work towards eliminating the taboo and stigma around it a few hundred men have formed an association in Kerala , a southern state in India . It is likely to be named Bold Baldies Association of Kerala . Good luck to them .
PS - yours truly is also a baldy . Loving the clean aesthetic look .. - RCI
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
'Annap-Shnaap for today 23rd October 2019' - by K J S Chatrath
“Canada has 18 Sikh MPs, India only 13 in Lok
Sabha”: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/canada-has-18-sikh-mps-india-only-13-in-lok-sabha/articleshow/71714142.cms
“Haryana family waits for stray bull to excrete its gold jewellery” - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/family-waits-for-stray-bull-to-excrete-its-gold-jewellery/articleshow/71713235.cms
“चंडीगढ़-मनाली हाईवे 15 घंटे रहा बंद, 18 किमी तक लगा जाम, सैकड़ों वाहन फंसे” - https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/hundreds-of-vehicles-stranded-on-chandigarh-manali-highway-traffic-jam-up-to-15-km
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
'Those in favour say 'Aye', Those against it say 'No'...by K J S Chatrath
And now we will put the motion to vote:
Those in favour say 'Aye',
Those against it say 'No'
Those in favour say 'Aye',
Those against it say 'No'
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
'Is Amitabh Bachan doing 'Swasthagraha', 12-Hour Telethon For Healthy India - for f free or taking his usual hefty fee.....KJS Chatrath
I have a feeling that he is not doing it free for love of country - he is charging his usual hefty fee. Please do correct me if I am wrong.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
All India Farting Competition in Gujrat
Sketch source: Wikipedia
This one surely deserves to be covered by 'Anaap-Shnaap'-
A 'fart competition' held on Sunday
in Gujarat's Surat, touted as the country's first, turned out to be a lot of
hot air, though not literally, as only three participants managed to overcome
shyness and inhibitions to take a shot at the three trophies...
While sixty people had registered to
display their prowess in letting out "longest", "loudest"
and "most musical" farts at a banquet hall in Vesu area, only twenty
turned up on Sunday.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/gujarat-fart-competition-fails-as-no-one-passes-wind-763405.html
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/gujarat-fart-competition-fails-as-no-one-passes-wind-763405.html
Sunday, September 15, 2019
'How to deal with Bureaucracy, Volume 247'- The New Yorker March 19, 2018
Another great one from The New Yorker.
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