Khatar Naak – What’s in a Nose?

Since this blog is on ‘nose’, it may well sound like a kindergarten essay. Well, most of us hardly care about our noses, sometimes we squeeze every inch of it when we catch cold, and some other times when we do this ‘kapaalbhaati’ of Baba Ramdev, we play with our nostrils. And some women try these nose rings. But for me it is much more than that.

I don’t know about other guys but the first thing I notice when I see a woman is her nose. Of course same goes when I happen to see men as well. It’s not surprising at all if you catch me staring at people’s noses. The reason being, I believe, apart from eyes, the one organ which defines one’s beauty is the NOSE.

Everyone craves for that perfect nose. Even though there is nothing called a perfect nose, I feel a perfect nose is the one which is straight, sharp which is called ‘aquiline’. Actually the nose should suit ones face or personality. There are beautiful people across the world who don’t possess a great nose, few examples are Aishwarya Rai, Salman khan, Brad Pitt or Angelina. There are people who I think have very bad noses, like Priyanka Chopra or Sreedevi. There are people who have really long noses, like Saif Ali Khan, Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar etc.

If we notice people across the world, we see that people who have this aquiline nose are Europeans, Americans, Australians, Arabians, Pakistanis and North Indians. Most of the South Indians typically have shorter and sometimes blunt noses. And Chinese? Do they have a nose first of all? The people whom I mentioned above had a common origin as Proto-Indo-Europeans who lived sometime in 6000-7000 B.C. They invaded Europe (then in turn the USA, OZ, NZ), Middle East and North India as Aryans. I think all these people predominantly have a similar nose. I may be wrong as well, but it is just my observation.

One Indian who I think has the best nose is, Chitrangada Singh! Hands down! It’s a piece of art. There are many Indians who have great noses. Few I think are Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Sonu Sood, this new guy Aditya Roy Kapoor etc. Hrithik Roshan has too sharp a nose but his nostrils are flared a bit. Most of the Hollywood celebrities and sportsmen do have that ‘the nose’ which takes my breath away. I think Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t have a conventional nose, but many (including me) find it very sexy. He once said that girls find him attractive because of his nose. Well, may be. Some of my friends who I feel have very good noses are Sowmya, Chaitra, Sathya, Dr. Amit and so on.

What about me? I don’t know. Mine is bit longer(pun unintended) and few people have told me that it looks sexy. Well, I am sounding pompous here. Whatever it is, I got my nose from my mother and she got it from my grandmother and my granny said she got from her mother. My grandmother said her ancestors must have migrated somewhere from north, but she is not sure. Well, my father’s ancestors are original South Indians.

Unfortunately none of my ex-girl friends had great noses. May be that was the reason why they lost me :-) hahaha. Even my best friend, Bebo doesn’t have a good nose. You just show me a babe with ‘the nose’, however ugly she is; I bet I would fall in love with her instantly.

Last week I met my 4th grade classmate online after 20 years. When she had asked if I remembered her, I had replied, ‘I remember your nose though’. This obsession of mine about noses, this poking my nose in others’ noses may pretty much look unusual, but I can only say ‘I don’t know’. Nose is my weakness. Sounds very funny. I am funny myself.

Now all of you, stop checking out your noses. Ignore my crazy thoughts. Your noses are just alright. :-) Have a blast !!