One floor mate with body odur shouldn’t lead to the conclusion that whole country needs deo-education !

Dunno Ashley, I might have to side with Gaurav here. I run into a lot of stinky people here. There simply is not a lot of use of deo or talcum amongst the greater population. I guess, though, you really have to cut some ppl a break… when you’re struggling to find work and feed your family, hygiene is probably not topping off your list of things to get done.

That being said, I run into a lot of stinky people who SHOULD KNOW BETTER. Like girls all dressed up thinking they are cute but smelling like @#(&@#)@*). Or dudes who think they have managed to mask their rank BO by covering it up with some even nastier cologne or body spray.

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BO is an integral part of India - without it, it just wouldn’t feel (or smell) right. Furthermore, India is marketed to the world as an overall smelly country…changing now would only create brand-confusion.

Kramer.. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

smallsquirrel, I wouldn’t disagree with you. We are country of smelly people… many of them are blame it on weather or lack of hygiene or unawareness.
But I have had similar experiences in western countries too. Like this lady who was training me in the UK. She works for one of the reputed s/w companies. One day she was supposed to sit at my desk and explain me something. She had the yellowiest teeth I have ever seen and so much of mouth odur that I almost vomited after the session.

Ashley… oh no doubt! westerners are not exempt from being disgusting! I guess because there are fewer people there, and because personal space boundaries are adhered to, it is usually much less obvious than it is in India. But yep, there are some foul people running around everywhere. And ew, bad breath is really hard to take in close proximity!

Small squirrel is right…there are foul smelling people all over the place…the West is no exception. Ever been to a Grateful Dead or Phish concert? The music’s great but people pride themselves in how long they have gone between showers!!

shakfoo… doesn;t even have to be hippies.

once I went to the movies in DC with a friend. It was winter. This one woman came in wearing an ankle-length parka because it was snowing heavily outside. She sat in the row right in front of us. When she took it off, my friend and I were hit with a WALL of stink so bad that I literally started gagging and we had to leave the theater. I think it was so bad the management finally came and asked her to leave! How’s that for stinky?

hi i enjoyed the read

lol. The wonderful part about this is that we actually have names for different types of BO. My grandmother used to call them ripe jackfruit and ripe guava.

Ai yai yai!!