Of moustaches and men
Of moustaches and men
The result is Hair India: A guide to the bizarre beards and magnificent moustaches of Hindustan. The photographic compendium rounds up two years of their travels through India, searching high and low for the most ornate and most unusual hirsute men of the region. Then with aplomb, the men classify each moustache under names such as “The Wacky Ladakhi", “The Whale Tail", “The Coiled Cobra" and “The Spaniel’s Ears".
The introduction reads: “Perhaps the species loss of the Winged-Patriarch is a small price to pay for economic and social development, but as sightings become ever more rare, so the need for a comprehensive guide becomes more pressing."
A definite tounge-in-cheek humour brightens the photographs with tidbits and extra treats. For example, we learn that “Blackbeard a.k.a The Corsair" is also “a delightful chatty fellow and very knowledgeable on the pubs of greater Manchester". And the authors provide a handwritten map of Old Delhi for new mustache hunters to locate “the Wordsworthian".
It’s a valiant attempt to combat “the deplorable gap in contemporary Indian pognology" and a rich album of some of India’s hairiest lips, to boot.
The book has been self-published and is available at most bookstores for Rs400.
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