{"product_id":"the-ugliness-of-the-indian-male-and-other-propositions","title":"The Ugliness of the Indian Male and other Propositions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Mukul Kesavan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Permanent Black\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 301\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8178242524\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome years ago, I was struck by the contrast between the beauty of Hindi film heroines and the ugliness of Hindi film heroes. After researching the matter I concluded that the explanation was straightforward: leading men in Hindi films were ugly because they were Indian men and Indian men were measurably uglier than Indian women ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile my observation was accurate and the data I had gathered reliable, I made the mistake of attributing the ugliness of the Indian male to nature. I know now that Indian men aren’t born ugly: they achieve ugliness through practice. It is their habits and routines that make them ugly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf I was to be schematic, I’d argue that Indian men are ugly on account of the three Hs: hygiene, hair, and horrible habits ... Why are Indian men like this? How do they achieve the bullet-proof unselfconsciousness that allows them to be so abandonedly ugly? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI think it comes from a sense of entitlement that’s hard-wired into every male child that grows up in an Indian household. That, and the not unimportant fact that, despite the way they look, they’re always paired off with good-looking women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eLooking \u003cbr\u003eReading\u003cbr\u003eTraveling\u003cbr\u003ePolitics\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Mukul Kesavan \/ Permanent Black \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153767887216,"sku":"24457","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/24457.jpg?v=1793913830","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-ugliness-of-the-indian-male-and-other-propositions","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}