the moustache

The moustache is a masculine facial appendage that vik refuses to wear. he says refused. i think its because the bloody hair just WONT grow. hehehhe! I have come to this conclusion partly due to the associations in my mind between the common, though not predominant, choice of this form of keratin fashioning among men of his native land, Tamil Nadu, and their lecherous, partisan, pseudo-Leftist ideologies. He also refuses to sport a beard…for no particular reason.

The irony behind these decisions is the fact that the sparse growth on his cheeks can only be likened to a home loan repayment: it arrives in installments. Being well past puberty, this can only be attributed to a genetic propensity for scanty facial hair. But his father does'nt seem to have that problem. He couldn't grow side-burns even if he wanted to. Hmmm... This only calls for another explanation.

Jesus is a guy who seemed to have no problem in this particular area. I have never seen a picture of the man without a generous crop of hair all over his benevolent face. I bet it itched.

It's funny how so many draw comfort from the images of this man who lived so long ago, and may not have had a beard at all…For all we know, he may have had one of those little Charlie Chaplin moustaches…I hear they were common in Germany during the late 30s...you know the one…