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Indian dad avoids washing for 35 years: report
Yahoo News ^ | May 12, 2009

Posted on 05/12/2009 4:58:23 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, newspapers reported.

Kailash "Kalau" Singh replaces bathing and brushing his teeth with a "fire bath" every evening when he stands on one leg beside a bonfire, smokes marijuana and says prayers to Lord Shiva, according to the Hindustan Times.

"It's just like using water to take a bath," Kalau was reported as saying. "A fire bath helps kill germs and infection in the body."

Kalau, 63, from a village outside the holy city of Varanasi, outraged his family by refusing to take a ritual dip in the river Ganges even after his brother died five years ago.

"I still don't remember how it all began," he said in Saturday's edition of the paper. "I just know it started about 35 years ago."

Kalau's hygiene regime has taken its toll on his professional life.

(Excerpt) Read more at ph.news.yahoo.com ...


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To: Veto!

No, this guy is a Hindu. “Singh”, while used by Sikhs, is a fairly common name for North Indians too.

His family bathes in the Ganges river. That is a dead giveaway for being a Hindu as that is one of their religious commandments.

Regarding Sikhs, I have had many Sikh friends, and they all wash their hair regularly. It is a religious commandment for them although i seriously doubt if the majority of them actually washes it EVERY Single day (as they are asked to) as most of my friends washed it every 2 days (like women with long hair)


21 posted on 05/12/2009 5:35:55 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
So you come along with a picture of a couple of retarded persons (though nothing says they didn't wash) that says "f***ing Americans stink too".

I see. You always put your indian ethnicity before America. Your ultimate loyalty lies with India and Indians, and you prove this over & over again.


22 posted on 05/12/2009 5:37:29 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: Elle Bee

So did I !


23 posted on 05/12/2009 5:38:25 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (http://obamaclock.org/)
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To: Krankor
>>>>>The marijuana part sounds like it might work:>>>>

Not unless the wife is smoking crack.

24 posted on 05/12/2009 5:44:51 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: COUNTrecount
Kailash "Kalau" Singh replaces bathing and brushing his teeth with a "fire bath" every evening when he stands on one leg beside a bonfire, smokes marijuana and says prayers to Lord Shiva...

So, how's tht working out for you, Kailash?

25 posted on 05/12/2009 5:46:35 AM PDT by Allegra ( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
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To: COUNTrecount
LOL

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26 posted on 05/12/2009 5:50:40 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

* Yawn. *


27 posted on 05/12/2009 5:52:19 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

do you even live in America?


28 posted on 05/12/2009 5:52:23 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Sydney, Australia.


29 posted on 05/12/2009 5:54:24 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

you’re a propagandist. no better than ap. come to think of it, I’ve NEVER seen you post anything basically conservative. It’s just constantly pro-indian stuff.


30 posted on 05/12/2009 5:54:29 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

HAHAHA!

I don’t need you to certify my bonafides.


31 posted on 05/12/2009 5:57:24 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Whoa! Whoa! What’s with the name calling on TwoCopperCoins??

He did not insult America anywhere.

His point (I hope I get it right) is that people were using this article about this crazy Indian dude (even his own family calls him crazy) to bash Indians in general.

TwoCopperCoins seems to be a proud American (nationality and citizen) and also someone who has a proud ethnic heritage (I assume somewhere in India).

What is so incompatible with that?? Who is being racist now?? In Texas we have Scottish Highland Games and the Czech Festival and they are celebrated with PRIDE.

You can be a TRUE American loyal to the core and still have pride in your ethnic heritage.

All TwoCopperCoins is saying is that some of the posters to this article have taken the liberty to bash Indians in general

We are all Americans here: Scottish, English, Czech, Indian, Panjabi, Spanish, Lebanese etc.. may be our ethnicities but our country is the good ole USA

So, pardon TwoCopperCoins for defending his heritage. I thought Free Republic EXPLICITLY banned racist posts and this thread has atleast 5 such posts.

I have great Indian friends (along with people of other nationalities) and I too stand up against any kind of name calling.


32 posted on 05/12/2009 5:59:46 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
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To: Sender

ROFL.


33 posted on 05/12/2009 5:59:49 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: COUNTrecount
That is the most creative excuse I have ever heard for standing around naked and smoking pot, but he seems to have missed something fundamental from Bio 101. If his wife won't let him get close, he's not likely to have the son he claims to want.

As for Poly Sci 101, he sounds like a liberal. His approach makes no sense and has not worked in 35 years, so his plan is more of the same.

34 posted on 05/12/2009 6:02:19 AM PDT by TurtleUp
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To: SoftwareEngineer

Thank you, SoftwareEngineer.

Some people here can’t help but make wild conclusions of whole billions of people, out of an individual or two.

Sort of like making an inference of all Americans out of eccentrics like Tim McVeigh or even Ted Bundy.

These people, are basically lost.


35 posted on 05/12/2009 6:03:43 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: SoftwareEngineer

And another thing... what makes it especially hilarious is that no one here would have a whiff of a clue what my real ethnicity is. I’ll let them make assumptions and humor me.


36 posted on 05/12/2009 6:05:39 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: SoftwareEngineer

(1) Liberals say there is everyone has the same basic ethics & sense of right & wrong. that is BULL. People from other countries have a completely different idea of what is right & wrong. And I have met enough people from the sub-continent to know that yes, there is much less tendency to bathe (more among muslims though) and yes, it is disgusting. I have been in enclosed spaces with non-bathing subcontinentals and it makes for a bad day. We do not pull the race card when someone wants to speak the truth.

(2) “mytwocoppercoins” constantly posts pro-indian, anti-pakistan, and just follows that ethnic line. Fine, I mean who doesn’t hate pakistan, right? But what is most interesting is we are told that immigrants become just like us, loyal to Australia/America, etc. and we find that is more BULL. Indians are loyal to India, Chinese are loyal to China. That is a darn important point right there. So if anyone here hires for sensitive projects, I think there is a good lesson here. Mr MyTwoCopperCoins is probably one of the best of them, and even he is totally loyal to his home country, above ANYTHING else. We see no pro-Australianism, JUST pro-India, and pro-Indians.

It’s an obvious point, but a really good one. Really worth hanging onto such obvious points, that liberals would try to train out of us.


37 posted on 05/12/2009 6:19:04 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: COUNTrecount

Ok, so what is the deal with these smelly threads on FR? Yesterday it was the Amish using human waste for fertilizer, today it’s some Indian guy who never bathes. Can’t wait to see what stinky story somebody comes up with tomorrow! :)


38 posted on 05/12/2009 6:20:19 AM PDT by Batman11 (Chicago, Land of Lincoln who freed the slaves and Land of Obama who enslaved the free.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

“no one here would have a whiff of a clue what my real ethnicity is”

lol. anyone who’s seen you post for a couple of weeks knows you’re Indian.


39 posted on 05/12/2009 6:20:29 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

LOL, and they’d be wrong.


40 posted on 05/12/2009 6:31:08 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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