Volume 6 Issue 12 December, 2016
Being odd is being mad?!
When I asked for Mr.N’s house, a small girl showed the house of Gomateshwara (famous statue at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka). A fully naked man cordially welcomes me into his house with a smile.
His wife came into the hall and signed me not to recognize her. She already appraised me about her husband not wearing any cloths at home. She has two daughters studying X and XII standard. She was worried that no groom’s parents will accept her daughter after seeing him naked. I should somehow make him wear cloths, she requested.
Their house is located in a gated community of 12 families of 4-6 persons in each one room tenement. A row of bathroom and toilets are at the end of the compound. Mr.N. does not believe in wearing cloths. He was walking freely in the common path to toilet without any cloths. He tells his daughters also that cloths are not something with which we are born. Why wear them?
He works for a nearby factory. The social counselor of his factory told me that he wears full uniform in the factory. He works well. He is a very friendly and helpful person.
Everyone in that community had accepted his wish to remain naked. I did a detailed MSE. Hair well combed. Clean shaven including pubic hair. Good rapport………… Nothing abnormal detected except no cloths.
I ask myself – Being odd is being mad?!
Bengaluru, dr.saranya@gmail.com
