Giving it up

For the first time in my life I shaved my head today. At the salon I was a bit nervous while watching my hair falling off ,leaving a shining Motte. I saw a smile waking up on the hairdresser's face as I was loosing the final strands of my hair and that reminded me of the embarrassment that I am going to face when I get back home.

If you ask me the reason why I did it, I will blame it on the dandruff or the summer heat, but the main reason was that I wanted to be a Motte at least once in my life. So long I did not have the courage to do that. I still do not know where I got the courage but I couldn't believe it even at the very moment that I was getting it done.

Why do we need hair? Long back in school, biology teacher told us that it is to protect our skin, but I don't really believe it because of the following reasons

• Men have beard, why not women? don't they want to protect their face? If ever Women's Lib comes to know about this vulnerability, they will sue God for sure.
• We start having hair in the wilderness along the geography of our body only in our teens. Does that mean kids do not need protection in those odd places? You must be kidding!
• One of my neighbor is completely bald for past 30-years and I do not see any problem with his scalp. It is as shiny as ever and you will need a polarizer filter when you photograph him to reduce reflection.

I believe that the fact that we are having hair has to do with the aesthetic aspects of our body including the human chemistry.

Why do we always worry about losing our hair?

Most of us including me are very particular about the way we look. We do not gain anything in particular if we look really good or lose anything if we look awkward, unless off-course if we are working in the entertainment industry, yet for some unknown reason we want to impress the people around us by looking good and by doing what they expect us to do. That is what is holding us from doing something as simple as shaving our head.

A Sannyasin normally shave his head as part of giving up his material life. Sannyasins renounce all the external beauties to concentrate on their inner-self. They do not worry about what others think about them. They do not have time to appreciate someone else's beauty too. For them beauty is just a distraction. But the modern Sannyasins you see nowadays do not give up their hair, as they have other things in mind and also a lot things to worry about.

My wife had a problem in registering my new face. She sometimes stare at me and takes a while to recall that it is her own newly shaved husband. I myself had a problem recognizing me at times. At a shopping complex when I saw a remotely familiar face looking at me, I smiled back and almost said a "hello" before it struck me that it is my own reflection in the mirror.

Apart from these little funny inconveniences, sporting a shaven head has it advantages too. Taking a bath was never easier and I don't need to comb my hair any more. No need to worry about the hair-fall as there is no hair to fall

Why don't you too try it out today? After-all, there is nothing to lose other than the hair itself. If at all you face any problems, I promise you that it will grow back in just 3 weeks. Money-back guaranteed.

Be A Motte, Be Happy