Tuesday, October 12, 2010

of Liril and Lifebuoy and Hindus and Muslims


Tell me, do you ever fight over the fact that you use Liril OR Lifebuoy for washing your body?
(do keep in mind that the soaps in context are the largest selling soaps in India)

Likewise why do we fight over the fact who do we pray to?

I mean it's as personal a fact about life as the brand of soap you rub on your butt.
Have you heard anyone going into the details of something as intimate as personal hygiene?


Should I ask you what do you clean first?
Legs?
Arms?
Chest?
Tummy?
or perhaps something lower?

How are your strokes, are they manly and robust, or are they gentle and caressing?

Do you like the lemony lime smell emanating from your body? or is the bland carbolic smell that effuses from your nether regions? 

How thoroughly do you clean your hair? Do you use shampoo (:D) ?


Don't you find these questions tasteless and full of unearthly humor?


Why can't we treat religion as something as intimate as that and be reluctant to raise that issue in public?

The thing to keep in mind that bathing cleanses your body and praying cleanses your soul.
It doesn't matter if you use Liril or Lifebouy or whether you use Ram or Allah for your happiness and well-being.
The operative word being "well-being".

This is probably the shortest blog I am ever going to write.