It seems sometimes that every post-puberty male in India has a moustache of some kind. One of my regular rituals, when we visit the Subcontinent, is to go the barbers and have a shave. It costs next to nothing and I love having someone else shave me. Cutthroat in hand, the barber begins by lathering the face for about 10 minutes to make the bristles nice and soft and then, just before he begins, he wipes the foam away from your upper lip on the assumption that you want to keep your ‘tash. When you indicate that you want to be clean-shaven he thinks about it for a bit, gives the obligatory head wobble and proceeds to finish the job, albeit a little perplexed by your decision.
Pushkar, Rajasthan
Bambora, Rajasthan
Kutch, Gujarat
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (left) and Kolkata (right)
Some fab staches on Indian dudes Mark. I recall getting shorn in Pondicherry. Just a hair cut but the barber worked toward my 5 o’clock shadow, and of course he left my little tiny moustache from the shadow in place until I asked him to shave that too. Super pics!
Ha, ha! The barbers in India always try and leave your moustache on – glad, it’s not just me that insists!!!
always a classic part of Indian travel, spotting magnificent mustaches. you captured some great ones here.
Indeed it is! We once travelled to India with a friend who has a great moustache himself and many Indians complimented him on it!!