The average Indian male has learnt to look good…..

There used to be a time, not so long ago, when attractive Indian actresses fell for foreign male cricketers. Neena Gupta for Vivian Richards and Anju Mahendroo for Sir Garfield Sobers are burning examples. There were several Indian starlets who used to fantasize about Imran Khan. Wasim Akram, even at 44, manages to set hearts aflutter, as Sushmita Sen might well have found out how.

In the years gone by however, the average Indian male has lacked sheer physical appeal, botched up their looks and has been convincingly eclipsed by his ravishing female counterpart. That is why you might not have seen any foreign starlet bowled over by the looks of any Indian male. People attribute the lack of good looks to bad grooming. Detestable habits like letting yellow nails grow, picking their nose in public, eating noisily, talking loudly over phone, and lack of chivalry summed up the Indian male of yesteryears. They used to be blinded by smugness and incorrigible self-love.

In the last decade or so, things have changed dramatically however. The average Indian male is much more serious about grooming, fitness, skin and his good looks overall. I have witnessed young men in their late 20s applying face wash gels after they come back from work, trimming their nails and hair regularly, looking sober in dress codes and using mouth wash gels after meals. I do not think this was prevalent even 15 years back. Even middle to old aged people try their best to protract their good looks over a longer time span. However, one fact has survived the test of generations of the ugly looking Indian Male, and holds even today. Despite the way they look, Indian men have mostly been paired with beautiful looking women!