In Scent of a Women

Here is a conversation that has happened a couple of times between me and my wife, and has let to this blog:

"W: So name a female around you that you fine attractive, and why?"
"Me: Is this a trick question?"
"W: No of course not. Just a genuine question"
"Me: Office? On-route or neighborhood?"
"W: Anywhere"
"Me: Then it’s easy. U!"
"W: Dog! Give me a name other than me."

Now here is a real problem situation. Husbands know why..... but then I seriously thought about this and came up with black. Seeing this blank look on my face, she said

“W: whats the matter? Come up with one name.”
“Me: Cant think of one.”
“W: Ok name one Bollywood heroine whom you find physically attractive”
“Me: (After a long time) Still cant think of one. Even in ragging, this question came quiet often but then I named Raveena Tondon and maintained this for full 2 years, though I didn’t really like her. Sonali bandre had better looking legs but that’s it. None in this era”
“W: Are you Gay or something”
“Me: Of course not. I am just choosy or have quite high standards. Ok u name one”
W: Kareena. She has such a nice body. I wish I have the same.”
“Me: Not my first choice…..but what I meant was the best looking Guy”
“W: Hritik….who else? See its so easy, so I think that you are gay”

Now I am pretty sure that I am not gay. But honest to god I couldn’t come up with a name. Not Indian that is.

“Me: OK Ok…look I don’t know the name but this lead actress in the Movie – The last Samurai”
“W: Chinkys are not allowed. They always look so good and have unmatched body”
“Me: That’s not why I like this female….but to humor you…..ok here is another name….the lead vampire in the movie – Underworld”
“W: Goori mems are not allowed. Koi desi nahi hai kya.”
“Me: nahi....... I mean not as per my standards.”
“W: Mere se shaadi kyon ki…. Koi goori le aate”
“Me: Hey with you it was complete package....... and it is great.”

But seriously, the other day we had the winners of Famina miss India (All three) at our office. Now they are supposed to be the creamy layer but one look at them and you seriously wonder why they are there. All three were tall and reached my eye level (Which is tall by Indian standards) but beautiful, desirable, even good looking……..a thousand times NO.

Beauty is a package, even physical beauty is made up of not only your body but also skin quality and color, hair quality, body proportions, movements everything. Perfection for me will be in the manner these different aspects come together in a person and create a whole. That is what I mean by a package.

Once I went to a very hi-fi disc. Wherever you look, you had show of skin and clothes. I went around to get a couple of drinks and it was a good thing that I marked my groups spot by the pillars and furniture rather than girls. They all looked so same. Same black and white combo, same make up style, same straightened hair, same dance moves. If I were in a lineup with 10 such beauties that I would not have been able to point out to the culprit…..they were alike.

Today girls go for what is popular, what is the ‘in thing’: drumstick thinness, straight hair, hair color, streaks, short top, low waist jeans, tattoo….. the list is too huge. At the end what you are left is a assembly product. “Customer can have car in any color as long as its black” was a famous statement.

My office is probably 50% female, and at the end of day if you ask me to remember even one female, I would probable stand scratching my head. I miss that variety……. Commercialization has killed it all, and I am friend and in love those who have remained untouched by it.