The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions (used, good condition)
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'Some years ago I was struck by the contrast between the beauty of Hindi film heroines and the ugliness of Hindi film heroes. After researching the matter I concluded that the explanation was straightforward: leading men in hindi films were ugly because they were Indian men and Indian men were measurably uglier than Indian women...While my observation was accurate and the data I had gathered reliable, I made the mistake of attributing the ugliness of the Indian male to nature.Mukul Kesavan lives in Delhi. He teaches history, eads fiction, and has a particular interest in cinema, cricket, and politics. He has written a novel,Looking Through Glass, a pamphlet, Secular Common Sense, and a book about cricket, Men in White.
