Sunday, January 08, 2006

Geographically branded "Barber Shops"!!!

Its quite few days that I have landed in "Hara" in Riyadh. The major population of this area is Expats, generally from Indian Sub-Continent(ISC), i.e, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh .

The area is so special that it represents true identity of Indian Sub-Continent (ISC) . The Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are living toghether... Here, its common to see Kashmiri Nan, Tamilnadu Idly-Sambar, Hydrabadi Tea stall, Pakistani roti and Bangladeshi sweets ... Geographical identity to the food!!! Ofcourse its common everywhere. Because some foods are special in some places.

But, the geographical identity doesn't stop with the restaurnats. It extends to the barber shops also , like TamilNadu Saloon, Bangladeshi Saloon, Turkey saloon and Pakistani saloon..... Whatz special with hair cut across the region? Is geographical name is meaningful for Saloons?

The obvious reason could be that the geographical identity attracts the expats from that area. For example, I wish to visit the Tamil Nadu Saloon rather than a Bangladeshi or Hydrabadi saloon. If I look further deep into why I attach the geogrphical identity to the hair-cut, I am coming out with the following:

  • Everyone prefers talking(gossiping) in their mother tongue during hair-cut.
  • Everyone feels comfort when a person of similar region is closerby.
  • Everyone is more affectionated towards their native place rather than others.
  • Everyone believes that hair-cut varies across the regions.
  • Everyone doesn't want to take risk their style by doing hair-cut in unknown style.
  • Everyone gives as much as importance to the hair-cut as food.

Is anything is left out?

1 comment:

Jai said...

Hmmm... So u were busy last week having an HAIR CUT... hmmm... Riyadh poyum nenga GOSSIP kekama uda mattingala...
JaiGanesh